February 7

Written by neilencio

On Hip Hop Abs and Sitting All Day

I’ve been working non-stop for EPH since February of 2009, and it made me hog the computer for hours on end, sitting on my chair like I had quick-dry cement on my butt. The experience was pretty challenging since that was the time I started to have leg cramps. Too much sitting can do a number on your leg, so I tend to limp my way around the house and to my so-called office just to check if I have revisions waiting in my inbox.

Just recently, I found a link in one of my emails about an exercise called Hip Hop Abs. at first I said to myself, “I couldn’t even walk, much less lift a leg so why bother?” but then again, I asked around and thanks to my 545 friends on Facebook, I got a pretty good indication that the program really works. Full of anticipation and curiosity, I downloaded the copy and watched it.

Funny thing I did was browse through the first video entitled Hips, Buns and Thighs without a slight idea what I was going to see. So I sat down (as usual) and – don’t kill me for this – opened the bag of popcorn my dad gave me as a pasalubong. While munching on the cheese-flavored sweet popcorn, my eyes almost popped since oh gosh the routine was HARD!

Then I opened the whole folder and saw a schedule for a month’s worth of exercise and grinned since it was not that difficult to follow. Since I tend to share a lot, the program works like: Day 1 is all about the Fat Burning Cardio, which goes on for two straight days. Day 3 is the Abs Sculpt which may be a low-intensity workout but you will be perspiring buckets and wishing that the water dispenser was within arm’s length. Day 4 and Day 5 is the same as Day 1 and 2. Day 6 is Abs Sculpt again.

In between breaks, instead of smoking at least four sticks of cigarettes, I now do the Pacquiao stance and work on my oblique – that’s the muscle located at the sides of your stomach. Pretty healthy start for a not-so healthy writer I might say. So before ending this rather amusing request to be a guest blogger, find time to work on your body. Health is indeed very important to us writers. Exercising and being active even during a 12-hour speed set can work wonders for your mental alertness.

Thanks for reading and off I go to work on my biceps in one, two, three.