If Pain Makes You Beautiful I Will Be Gorgeous

He has PAIN tattooed on his arm. I took that as a warning. Zak worked my chest and shoulders so hard this morning that I felt it right away. Leaving my first powerlifting training session I felt pretty wiped. Still, I wanted to walk awhile in the cool downtown weather. I walked about a mile and a half to a stop for a bus that would drop me at my door. Good thing because once I stopped moving it really set in! I felt deeply, deeply tired!

A lot of the workout today focused on my shoulders.
OH
MY
GOD

Zak does a straightforward, circuit-style approach: Three rounds of three exercises, MAYBE 60-90 seconds rest in between triple sets. I was up for everything he threw at me. I really liked pushing myself that hard. I know there's a chance this first day was partly for him to see where my ability levels are so he'll know how much harder he can push me next time. HEY BRING IT ON!

I got home and I laid down and fell asleep!! Appropriately enough, with "Man Vs. Food" on my TV. Now hours later, I can still feel the subtle afteraffects in my shoulders, across my back, in my quads and hams and it is definitely still there in my chest when I take a deep breath.

I am disappointed if I work very hard and I am not sore. I don't think I'll be disappointed at all tomorrow.