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Itse haluan uusia treenivaatteita ja muutaman apuvälineen kotijumppaan. Mustien trikoiden sijaan värikkäät ja kuviolliset pökät olis kivaa vaihtelua. Niitähän näkee salilla ja juoksulenkeillä, mutta tähän asti olen luottanut perinteiseen mustaan, mutta nyt voisi kokeilla jotain värikkäämpää. 

Mustien trikoiden kanssa olen yleensä valinnut värikkään topin, mutta jos alaosa on kuviollinen, niin yläosa saa luvan olla yksivärinen ja mieluiten musta. 

Oranssi näyttää raikkaalta ja mehukkaalta. Maastonvihreä on aina ollut yksi omista suosikkiväreistäni. Tässä olisi minun valintani kollaasien muodossa. Mitäs tykkäätte?

Fitness 1

1. Röhnischin oranssikuvioiset trikoot saavat energian virtaamaan.

2. Röhnischin pitkä musta perustoppi on aina hyvä valinta.

3. Valkoinen Bow HZ-huppari mustilla yksityiskohdilla on mukavan pitkä.

4. Adidaksen valkoinen lippis on niin tarpeen.

5. Casallin oranssi hierontapallo tavoittaa myös syvät lihakset.

6. Casallin oranssi hierontarulla vetreyttää lihakset.

7. Fitbitin korallinvärinen aktiivisuusranneke.

8. Adidaksen herkullisen oranssit Grazy Train -tossut saavat askeleen keveäksi.

9. Sauconyn mustat juoksutossut oransseilla yksityiskohdilla sopivat asukokonaisuuteen.

Fitness 2

1. Casallin villit, mutta samalla hillityt seeprakuosilliset trikoot.

2. Musta perustoppi, jossa kauniit ristiinmenevät olkaimet.

3. Röhnischin pitkähihainen paita, kun viileä ilma yllättää.

4. Ihania huppareita ei koskaan voi olla liikaa.

5. Reebokin ihana harmahtava toppi näyttää uudenlaiselta.

6. Röhnischin lasinen, tyylikäs juomapullo.

7. Meleeratut musta-harmaat tossut juoksumatolle.

8. Puman varrelliset oliivin vihreät juoksutossut näyttävät mielenkiintoisilta.

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How To Choose The Right Gym For You?

How do you choose your gym? Is it the location, facilities, instructors or something else that matters for you when looking for the right gym?

I have had memberships for several gyms during my life. The reasons why I have chosen them have varied depending on my lifestyle and other various reasons. Here's a little list what you should consider when picking up the best possible gym for you:

• Costs
• what is your budget?
• what does the fee include?
• can you sign out easily?
• Location
• should it be near your home or work place?
• easy access
• Equipment
• do they have those machines you like to use?
• weight machines
• cardio machines
• stretcing area
• weights, matts, pilates tubes etc.
• Cleanliness
• how clean does the space look?
• what about the locker rooms and showers?
• are there spray bottles and wipes to clean the equipments after use?
• Hours of operation
• is it open when you prefer to wotk out?
• morning/evening hours?
• weekends/holidays?
• Classes
• do they have group classes?
• at what time are the classes?
• do you need to pay extra fee for joining classes?
• do they have that instructor you want to follow?
• Personal trainers
• is there someone you can ask how the machines work?
• can they provide personal trainers?
• do you need to pay extra fee for their services?
• Facilities
• how are the locker rooms?
• showers?
• sauna?
• swimming pool?
• shower gel, body lotion?
• towels?
• hair dryers?
• drinks? snacks?
• day care for kids?
• does it have day light or is it below the ground level?
• Membership privileges
• do they offer something extra for members?

At the moment on the top of my list are:

• costs - as low as possible
• location - as near my home as possible
• daylight - for me it's important that I can see outside
• open 24/7
• not too crowded
• basic equipment for cardio and weight, good space for stretching
• shower

So my choice is the simple gym above. Fitness Nro1 is a budget gym and works well for me. The gym below - Holmes Place - is a luxury gym. It has everything. Unfortunately it's a bit too costly for me and as it has a swimming pool and jaquzzi it also means that I would stay there longer as I love to a have a swim and relax in bubbles.

Here's a bit more about Holmes Place!

Which one is your choice - a simple gym or a luxury gym?

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(FI) Tässä kaksi kuntosalia. Toinen on pelkistetty, mutta toimiva ja toinen on todellinen luksussali uima-altaineen, poreammeineen, kosmetiikkatuotteineen, vitamiinibaareineen...

Tämän hetkinen valintani on ylimmäinen eli simppeli sali, jossa ei ole ohjattuja tunteja eikä saunaosastoa, mutta toimivat laitteet, paljon luonnonvaloa ja auki vuorokauden ympäri. Aikaa ei kulu muuta kuin tehokkaaseen treenaukseen.

Kumpi olisi oma valintasi?

The Ultimate Fitness Center - Holmes Place

(EN) I have one week of ultimate fitness behind now! Went to gym every day and tried different fitness classes at Holmes Place in Budapest.

First of all the location of this fitness center is perfect - it's in the middle of the city on Pest side - secondly the place is big & spacious and it even has a swimming pool.

Here's the schedule of my ultimate fitness week:

Monday: 12.00 BODYART

Tuesday: 12.00 SPINE GYMNASTICS

Wednesday: 8.00 DEEPWORK

Thursday: 11.00 AQUABALANCE

Friday: 7.00 STRETCHING

Saturday: 10.30 SWIMMING

Actually wanted to go to BODYSHAPE but the class was canselled, so made some stretching on my own and went swimming for 20 mins.

Sunday: OFF

Had so much to do that decided to have off from exercises.

All the instructors were super good and professional. They always checked that everyone's doing the exercises correctly and helped when ever needed.

The locker area is spacious enough and so are lockers as well. One a bit weird thing for me was that you need to rent a lock or bring your own, otherwise you can't lock the door of it. My solution was not to carry any money and I took my phone with me to the gym.

A super great thing is that you don't need to carry shower gel nor body lotion as both are available there and there's even cleansing milk to clean your face from make-up.  There're also several hair dryers which makes life so much easier.

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(FI) Viime viikko oli todellinen fitness-viikko! Kävin salilla joka päivä ja kokeilin eri liikuntatunteja Budapestin Holmes Placessa.

Ensinnäkin paikan sijainti on mitä mainioin - aivan kaupungin keskustassa Pestin puolella. Toiseksi se on tarpeeksi iso ja tilava ja siellä on myös uima-allas.

Tässä viime viikon kunto-ohjelmani:

Maanantai: 12.00 BODYART

Tiistai: 12.00 SELKÄJUMPPA

Keskiviikko: 8.00 DEEPWORK

Torstai: 11.00 AQUABALANCE

Perjantai: 7.00 STRETCHING

Lauantai: 10.30 UINTI

Olisin mennyt BODYSHAPE-tunnille, mutta se oltiinkin peruttu. Venyttelin itsekseni ja menin sitten uimaan 20 minsaksi.

Sunnuntai: VAPAA 

Oli sen verran muuta tekemistä, että päätin pitää kuntoilusta vapaata.

Kaikki ohjaajat olivat todella hyviä ja ammattitaitoisia. Jokainen katsoi, että liikkeet tehdään oikein ja auttoivat tarvittaessa.

Pukuhuonealue on tilava samoin kuin pukukaapitkin. Tuntui hieman oudolta, että kaapeissa ei ollut lukkoja vaan ne piti erikseen vuokrata tai sitten tuoda oma lukko, muuten ovea ei saanut lukittua.  Oma ratkaisuni tähän oli se, että jätin rahat kotiin ja kannoin kännykkää mukana salin puolella.

Tosi hyvä juttu on se, ettei tarvitse raahata suihkugeeliä eikä vartalovoidetta mukana, sillä molempia on saatavilla paikan päällä, kuten myös puhdistusmaitoa meikin poistamiseen. Hiustenkuivaajia löytyy tarpeeksi monta ettei niitä tarvitse jonottaa.

(EN) If you are interested in getting fit at Holmes Place, pop in at Gozdu udvar and ask for Tibor Kiss and he will give you more details!

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(FI) Mikäli kiinnostuit kohentamaan kuntoa Holmes Placessa, pistäydy Goszdu udvarissa tapaamassa Tibor Kiss'a ja hän kertoo tarkemmin eri mahdollisuuksista!

Did It!

 Well, it's actually too early to say I did it, but I did go to my first hot yoga class yesterday.

OMG, those 90mins were sweaty! 

I'm not very flexible, I'm more of a runner type. And I have some back issues. A year ago I had to see the orthopedic because of my back and go to physiotherapy. I wasn't allowed to run for 7 months...

This bikram yoga might be a perfect solution for me to get a little bit more flexibility. The yoga room is heated to 40C so the muscles get warm and ready for the exercises and the risk getting injures is less.

 After the class 1,5l water was consumed, the 2 towels I got were totally wet as well as my whole outfit.

As so many bloggers have told about their succeeded diets, fitness and detox regimens, I decided - finally - to try to be a month without any 

sugar (can I survive without chocolate???)

 pasta, bread and other grain products (I'm a real cookie monster)  

fizzy drinks (I'm addicted to diet coke).

I'm still allowed to eat berries and fruit.

Let's see if I can succeed this time...

Mellow Yellow

 Bought some new fitness tops at Lululemon.

No excuses anymore to avoid doing some sports. 

 I have never liked yellow, but now this Power Up Tank

 is my favourite one.

No limits Tank in black with floral bra capture the freeing feeling of practising in a bra with the coverage of a tank.

Love it!

Pump It Up Tank in bright orange and dark blue has a loose-fitting and bra with adjustable straps to fine-tune the fit.

Feels good on but not really my colour.

I'm a big fan of Lululemon wear!

click click

Zapatillas

After a long long period being without running because of my back problems I finally gave it a try.

First walking, almost power walking, then jogging 

and now running.

I just loved it!

Bought my running "zapatillas" a year ago at Sports In Motion on Alton Road in Miami Beach. Great shoes!

Top and pants by Lululemon.

Broadway

 Guess what this is!

It's a pool!

Bought a one month pass to

Broadway Fitness

- not so much for the gym

(not planning to go there!)

but because of the pool

- hopefully will be nice to start the days

by swimming in the mornings

Broadway Fitness

O utca 43-49

VI Budapest

http://www.broadwayfirness.hu/

Oxygen Naphagy

 Spent an afternoon at Oxygen Naphegy Wellness

in I district, Budapest

- this is the entrance to the fitness and wellness centre

 Huge jacuzzi

Spacious swimming pool with 26-28C water

- heard that there's eco-friendly technology used for

the water-recycling system

 Heated beds

There're 2 sauna departments:

- one with not so hot ones such as

salt, herbal, ice...

- one with Finnish sauna, devil's sauna,

crystal sauna (steam sauna)

and a ice cold tub to dip in

 Nice big windows give natural light

and the green trees are ralaxing to watch

- in the winter time the view is totally different,

perhaps there's a city view then

 Locker room with plenty of good-quality blow-dries

and also curlers and straighteners, wov!

- and a different dumster for plastic bottles, wov!

 Showers with Dove shower gel

 Fitness centre

 Don't have to queue for running,

there's always a cardio machine for everyone

 Spacious room for scheduled classes

like bodyart, pilates, streching...

- spinning room is downstairs

 The restaurant with stylish terrace

is recently opened 

Forgot to take a photo of the beauty salon

- treatments made with Laneche and Babor cosmetics

- at the hairdress salon they use Kerastase

including Inoa colours

With the entrance fee you get access to both

fitness and wellness sections,

2 towels, sauna sheets,

you don't need money inside

- for services, drinks and snacks

you just show your wrist band

and pay everything at the reception

when leaving the place

Had a perfect afternoon there!

Oxygen Naphegy

2-4 Czakó Street

(Main entrance from Naphegy Street)

I, Budapest

Avenue Gardens

Received an e-mail that World Class Fitness

at Avenue Gardens

has closed down

- quite a dissapointment!

Bought the membership card

just a couple of months ago...
.

Don't really say here why it's closed down

but heard that they haven't paid

the rent for several months
.

As having a dual membership

can also use not only the facilities at Marriott

but also at Sun Palace

which is quite far away...

but it has swimming pool

.

Sporty

This week started in a sporty way:

Have been working out in the gym

or running on Margit Island

depending on the wheather

- it's been sunny & rainy every day

.

Bought a membership card to World Class Fitness

at Avenue Gardens & Marriott

- yesterday had pilates class,

that's challenging!

.

This morning went for a 1/2h swim

- the pool is only 16m,

but it was nice & quiet there,

afterwards popped in to steam room for some minutes

- very relaxing

.

Small but functional locker room with 2 showers
.

http://www.worldclass.hu/

.

Morning run

Finally my nose is not running any more!

Seems like the flu or allergy or whatsoever is gone.

So went for running to Margit Island this morning

- first time this year

It was lovely,

beautiful wheather

- not too chilly nor warm,

gorgeous scents

coming from the blooming trees.

.

Perfect start for the day!

.

Pretty small tree with orange-red flowers

- no idea of its name...

&

it's not on Margit Island

but at Kodály körönd...

.

Running music:

Die Toten Hosen: In Aller Stille

Kinesis

Last week started to do Kinesis at Pure Wellness

Betti showed me first how to work with these machines:

Quite interesting

You can adjust the "ropes" as you like.

There are exercises and movements for different muscles.

.

Pure Wellness

Ó utca 43-49

1066 Budapest

www.cityhome.hu/pure

Week's workout

Succesfull week concerning the gym!

.

Monday

Running 40mins

Workout program

.

jaguzzi

...

Tuesday

Crosstrainer 10mins

Stretching

Swimming 20min

.

Jaguzzi

Steam room

...

Wednesday

Running 40mins

Workout program

.

Jaguzzi

...

Thursday

Crosstrainer 10mins

Stretching

Swimming 20mins

.

Jaguzzi

(the steam room was off!)

...

Sunday

Running 40mins

Back & abdominals

Stretching

.

Jaguzzi

Steam room

...

- not a bad week!

Pure Wellness Club & Spa

www.cityhomes.hu

Gym sessions

Awfull pain in the legs!

On Saturday went to gym and made some excercises that hadn't done for ages.

Can feel it now in the legs and stomach!

On Sunday went to do some stretching and swimming.

Will just do some walking today.

Actually it is a good feeling to notice that after all that running and gym there are still some muscles that had ignore totally.

Fruit & veg stall

Monday & Tuesday passed by without running or gym... did some stretching though!

And had 35mins in infra sauna & afterwards facial massage with vacuum & ultrasound at Beauty Box

Wednesday & Thursday

Running 1,5 round on Margit Island + walking for 25mins in the mornings

- feeling happy for that

- the weather has been perfect: sunshine & app. 14C

Found a nice fruit & veg stall in 13th district in the corner of

Raoul Wallenberg utca and Tátra utca.

- everything seems very fresh

- blueberries, rasberries, even lingonberries

- also more exotic fruits like sharons and liches

....

Asian type of dinner at home

...

Tom yam soup

Beef with rice noodles and diced carrots

Decleor Facial

Another facial this week!

At Marionnaud, Westend

- Krizsti made the cleaning, massage & Aromaplastie mask with Decleor products

1h treatment 10.400,-ft

- fresh and relaxed feeling!

www.marionnaud.hu

www.decleor.com

Finally made a decision to loose 5 kg before Xmas!

Let's see...

Can't really give up eating or follow a special diet. Fancy chocolate and cakes quite a lot.

Just try to control a bit what and when to eat.

And follow a fitness program - which is easy now as there is only 10mins walk to the gym.

The starting point is 64,25 kg and the aim is to weight something starting with 5.

It can be 59.95kg - don't have to be less.

Week started quite well:

Monday

64,25kg

no sports but no unhealthy eating either

Tuesday

1/2h running & exercises for the legs at gym

Wednesday

running 1 round on Margit Island + 55mins walking

Thursday

63,70kg

will go to the gym in the afternoon

Dinner party

Dinner party at friends' on Friday

Tema of the evening were forest mushrooms

as the lady of the house had picked them up by herself in the forests of Finland

Forest mushroom soup with salmon and fennel

Fillet of pork filled with goose liver and proscutto,

cooked barley and cabbage (=kyssäkaali)

Selection of cheese:

Brie

Black Label Emmental

Pecorino

Apple tart with whipped cream

- absolutely gorgeous dinner! And nice evening!

No beauty treatments this week?

Only an ultrasound facial massage on Tuesday

at Visage with Réka on Andrássy út 37

6.400,-ft

Sport activities?

Of course!

Monday & Tuesday lazy days

Wednesday morning:

Running 1 round (5,5km)on Margit Island + walking for 55mins

Thursday afternoon:

15mins with this funny "skating" machine, gym workout, swimming at Pure

Friday afternoon:

Running for 1/2 hour, workout for back, neck and abdominals, swimming at Pure

Saturday morning:

Workout for legs and back, swimming at Pure

Pure - the new gym & wellness

Introduction to the new gym called Pure on Ó utca.

Great place!

1066 Budapest, Ó utca 43-49.

www.cityhome.hu

Had a chance to see the hotel rooms and to try the gym with swimming pool and jacuzzi.

Loved it!

Technogym equipment

Reception to the fitness


Pilates room





Kinesis room





Indoor swimming pool

A part of the living room

Bathroom

Kitchen area

Bedroom

Segal restaurant

Segal restaurant

www.segal.hu

Massage

Monday dinner at home

Chili con pollo

Cabbage-carrot-radish salad

Tuesday dinner at homeTuna salad with pita bread

Treatments
Massage at Compagnia on Andrássy út
- 1/2 hour back massage, same girl made it as who did the pedicure
3.000,-ft, it was ok.
- my back is really awful, need to do exercises and should go swimming much more often...

Activities
Walking to Margit sziget (26mins)
Running 1 round
Walking back home (app. 26mins)
- on Monday & Tuesday mornings
- really need to do something, gaining weight