Those Whose Names Were Never Called
Home after another awesome workout! Despite the bitter Chicago cold I walked for awhile afterward anyway. My body does not want to immediately sit down; my body wants to keep moving so I move. My trainer is so great. She pushes me to do really interesting stuff. I can't believe sometimes that it's ME, the once dumpy, totally un-athletic, physically awkward and clumsy, not wanted on the softball team ME taking on all kinds of physical challenges. And doing pretty damn well at them! Hey my trainer costs $75 an hour if I don't work really hard at making sure my ass is getting soundly kicked I might as well throw that cash away!
Super-fun stuff today: She had a wheeled platform. I had to point my toes on it and walk across the gym on my hands. She said it was "sick!" You bet it was HARD! I also did pikes on it. Toes on the platform, hands on the floor, draw my butt up into the air moving into a pike position and slowly control back down. Wow. That is TOUGH.
I couldn't believe the awesome pain I got from this, oh man I was lovin' it. She gave me an 8lb medicine ball and had me stand arm's length from the wall. I push it into the wall, let it bounce just a bit back into my hands and pull it in. Push it out, pull it in. We did it for time. UNBELIEVABLE. Shoulders and triceps. Wow. I am rushing out to Fitness Factory tomorrow to get myself a medicine ball!! Like a lot of exercises, your form has to be just right on this one!
I had a very interesting experience that my trainer thought was strange. We started out with Get Up Sit Ups! I'm not sure how much weight. She had me do one side/one kettlebell at a time. Maybe it was a 15lber? Most of the kettlebells there are so scratched up you can't see the weight marking anymore. Anyway. I did 20 sit ups on one side then had to switch hands and do 20 more with no rest break. My abs were SCREAMIN'!!! But all of a sudden it felt like they simply tightened up hard and said LET'S GO FOR MORE. Like my muscles got a second wind. They felt tighter rather than hurting more. I pushed really hard through the end of that second set. 40 reps of Get Up Sit Ups! It was wild!
Another really cool thing my trainer did for me was to attach a super heavy thick band over a bar. I put my knees into it and it was just enough help to make it possible for me to do a real pull up! It felt amazing! My trainer says she has another female client who can just about do pull ups unassisted now so that's a goal!
Speaking of goals. She wants me to work toward bench pressing my weight. That's the standard for men! YES! I'm excited! We talked about it at the end of the session so it was not safe to even attempt higher weights then. Have to work at it when my muscles are fresh and ready to work hard!
Super-fun stuff today: She had a wheeled platform. I had to point my toes on it and walk across the gym on my hands. She said it was "sick!" You bet it was HARD! I also did pikes on it. Toes on the platform, hands on the floor, draw my butt up into the air moving into a pike position and slowly control back down. Wow. That is TOUGH.
I couldn't believe the awesome pain I got from this, oh man I was lovin' it. She gave me an 8lb medicine ball and had me stand arm's length from the wall. I push it into the wall, let it bounce just a bit back into my hands and pull it in. Push it out, pull it in. We did it for time. UNBELIEVABLE. Shoulders and triceps. Wow. I am rushing out to Fitness Factory tomorrow to get myself a medicine ball!! Like a lot of exercises, your form has to be just right on this one!
I had a very interesting experience that my trainer thought was strange. We started out with Get Up Sit Ups! I'm not sure how much weight. She had me do one side/one kettlebell at a time. Maybe it was a 15lber? Most of the kettlebells there are so scratched up you can't see the weight marking anymore. Anyway. I did 20 sit ups on one side then had to switch hands and do 20 more with no rest break. My abs were SCREAMIN'!!! But all of a sudden it felt like they simply tightened up hard and said LET'S GO FOR MORE. Like my muscles got a second wind. They felt tighter rather than hurting more. I pushed really hard through the end of that second set. 40 reps of Get Up Sit Ups! It was wild!
Another really cool thing my trainer did for me was to attach a super heavy thick band over a bar. I put my knees into it and it was just enough help to make it possible for me to do a real pull up! It felt amazing! My trainer says she has another female client who can just about do pull ups unassisted now so that's a goal!
Speaking of goals. She wants me to work toward bench pressing my weight. That's the standard for men! YES! I'm excited! We talked about it at the end of the session so it was not safe to even attempt higher weights then. Have to work at it when my muscles are fresh and ready to work hard!
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