Pre-workout booster

What's up lovely ?

Finally it's Friday and I am so happy that I found myself having some time again. I was so busy the last two days because my boyfriend is moving to his own apartment and as his girlfriend, I am helping him of course to start a new chapter in his life. That's why I couldn't create any article recently, so sorry for that!

But now, let's get over to the interesting things in the world of fitness: Pre-workout booster.

What is it? How does it work? and do I really need it? 

To start with, I will shortly explain you what a pre-workout booster actually is:

Pre-workout supps have become more popular than they ever were, which is because they are formulated with ingredients that work together to pump up your energy and endurance during your workouts. Plus, they increase your strength, your muscle growth and they burn off body fat. 

How does a booster work?

A pre-workout booster relaxes the muscles that control blood vessel, meaning that the blood vessels increase in their diameter, which allows more blood to flow through them and to other muscles. As you may know, blood carries oxygen and nutrients, such as glucose, fat and amino acids. So by taking a booster, your blood can carry more of these to your muscles and help support better energy production, meaning you can train harder and longer. Plus, you may recover better from your workouts,ergo: you can train bigger muscles more often. 

Blood also contains a high amount of water which gets pushed through those wider blood vessels into muscles to create that muscle pump you will experience during your workout routine. This pump enlarges the membranes of the muscle cells that may help you by signaling the cells to grow bigger. And as I said above, a booster can also burn off body fat by helping support lipolysis, the release of fat from the body's fat cells, allowing it to be burned for fuel.

Do I really need a pre-workout booster? 

Honestly, I have never tried any pre-workout booster yet because I am really satisfied with my workout routines and I am not looking for growing bigger muscles. But I know , from my boyfriend, that a pre-workout booster can really help you to train harder and longer as you get a real energy boost. So if you are looking for growing more muscles or for being more focused during your workouts and having more energy, then a pre-workout booster would be the perfect match for you! And as I said, a pre-workout booster not only helps you during your training but also helps your muscles to recover better and faster. 

I wish you all a relaxing and enjoyable weekend!

Couples that workout together, stay together!

Today is a very special day for me, it is our 2nd anniversary! And with 'our' I mean my boyfriend's , namely Sir Ken from Dumbbell, and mine of course. Yes,I call him Sir Ken from Dumbbell because he is my knight in shining armor who revealed to me the world of fitness! 

Ken and I met exactly 2 years and 1 month ago in a bar, doesn't sound much like a fairytale, does it? At first we didn't even talk to each other, but as you may guess, soon we started texting, which ended up exactly one week later in a 'candle-light' dinner at a sushi bar here in Luxembourg. Of course sushi, how can I not eat sushi?! As time passed, we were texting and meeting more and more.

sorry for the bad quality of the pictures, some of them were taken with my smartphone, or with a computer webcam

One month later we already felt in love, now that's a real fairy tale, isn't it? People didn't believe that this could work, as everything happened so fast,but hey today is our 2nd anniversary already!

for our first anniversary I gave him these delicious skull cupcakes hehe

A few months later we even went on our first holiday together with some mutual friends, which was awesome! But same here, people asked, 'how can you go on holiday together, you don't even know each other for so long?!' And again, it worked, and this vacation was great (it was in South-France) ! Since then we have already been in New York City, Barcelona, Düsseldorf and Köln!

In South France 2012, before going out for dinner in St. Tropez 

One evening in South France 2012

On the Time Square for Valentine's Day in New York City 2013, the best Valentine's day I've had so far! beautiful!

In Düsseldorf in 2013, before Christmas

Also in Düsseldorf before Christmas in 2013

Summer 2013 in Barcelona

This year on the FIBO in Köln. 

And we have already shared so many awesome and beautiful moments together: We went parajumping for my 21st birthday, we shared moments of total happiness when we both passed our exams , we have been partying like animals for so many nights already and you know what...we workout together which means that we also suffer muscle soreness together, which is great because couples that workout together stay together!

Parajumpin in Bitburg for my 21st Birthday in 2013, the best birthday gift ever!

Halloween 2012, Dias de los Muertos

Halloween 2013, Zombie couple, I am the blonde Zombie-girl of course... Sorry again for the bad quality, pictures was again taken with a smartphone camera...

I am really happy to call him my boyfriend, I am so thankful that I met him two years and one month ago! I couldn't imagine a better boyfriend than him,seriously! He supports me in everything I do, he always tries to cheer me up when I am feeling a bit down, he makes me laugh every single day, which is 100% true and I know that whatever may come, he will always be there for me and he will always be my other half! I am also trying to be the best girlfriend he ever had, to cheer him up when he is feeling down and I hope that I will always be able to be by his side no matter what happens in future!

Last Summer (2013) at the fair called 'Schuerberfouer' 

This was in summer 2013 during our dance-show called 'contrast'

But the best thing is that we both found a new passion which we can share with each other, namely fitness competitions! I know that it will be hard when we both start our preparation, especially the two weeks before a competition but I now that we will manage and I know that together we can conquer the world and the stages of course! 

No matter where we are, we are always doing stupid things. Just as in this pictures, doing some poledance stuff hehe

I love you!