Day one is complete.  EndorphinGirl™ started the “Jillian Michaels 30 day shred, level 1”, 20-minutes-a-day exercise routine.  While she has given her ‘abs of steel’ goal an extension, she is in fact taking that extension period seriously.  As the first sentence states, day one [of the shredding] is complete. Now if you are so inclined to join her, you can catch up very quickly because she has only started - well you got that already with the ‘day one complete’ emphasis. Seriously though if interested to join check out the Jillian Michael’s video on YouTube.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pc-NizMgg8  Scratch that, if you are going to check it out, why not just do it? Just sayin’.

All you need for the 20-minute workout during the next 30 days is access to the internet, a mat and hand weights.  It is a great mix of stretch, carbs, strength and most of all abs reinforcement.  Go for it, if you so choose.  EndorphinGirl™ will keep you posted on her progress and is looking forward to her results in 30 days [and hearing any bloggees' updates as well]!  Stay tuned.

On another topic, this week of CitiBiking has been swell.  There are a few tips EndorphinGirl™ however thought she would share with bloggees who are also CitiBiking.  While there are so many right things about the CitiBiking, there are a few things, let’s call them tips, to keep in mind.

Tip 1 – before you put your key fob into the docking station to unlock a bike for your 30-minute ride allotment, be sure to check that it is operational.  One day EndorphinGirl™ released a bike only to learn the back tire was not rotating. She immediately re-docked the bike but to her dismay she could not access another bike immediately.  Most likely it had to do with technology synchronization, and it was only after 15 minutes that she could get another bike.

Tip 2 – before you put your key fob into the docking station to secure a bike for your 30-minute ride allotment, be sure to check that is does not have a flat tire.  Yes, EndorphinGirl™ didn’t learn from Tip 1, because later in the week, she unlocked a bike, jumped on it, started to ride, only to realize she had un-docked a bike with a flat tire.  She rode across several avenues until she was able to re-dock.  The New York community was rather helpful during her ride too, they were yelling to her that she had a flat.  As if she didn’t know!!

Tip 3 – before you put your key fob into the docking station to secure a bike for your 30-minute ride allotment, be sure to check that it is operational.  Okay perhaps that sounds repetitive, but once again there was another mild dilemma. Seats are adjustable, which is super helpful to be able to adjust for your leg length!  However, make sure the ‘seat adjuster’ is working before you un-dock.  While it wasn’t such a big dilemma for EndorphinGirl™, during her 'seat experience' it did take a bit of prodding to get the seat adjusted to the right height.  Just mentioning!

Tip 4 – wear a helmet [to sidetrack for a minute EndorphinGirl™ will take that minute to say hello to Pippa’s husband Helmut - hello Helmut!].  While for the most part other bikers and car, truck, bus and motorcycle drivers have been rather courteous on the road, it is still a good idea to helmet-protect your head!  There are way too many ‘vehicles’ out there to do otherwise, so be safe.

Today’s image EndorphinGirl™ is sunning, yes sunning - not running!  Picture is courtesy of EndorphinGirl™.

Blogging off for now, meanwhile guest comments always welcome in guestbook and keep on endorphin’.

EndorphinGirl™





                                                                  Day 1 complete