Gym Jam

So tonight was my night with the trainer. Keshia was there tonight too. I get there 10 minutes early and start doing the recumbent bike. Did 1.58 miles. Then Rambo shows up. We start by working on the "core." Let me just say right now I hate the core. This is when I got the throw up feeling last time. We do weights. Lots and lots of weights. We lift, breathe, lift, breathe. Then we do lunges. Rambo wants me to do them without holding onto any support i.e. balance on the one leg and lunge to a 90 degree right angle. I whine, I carry on, I lunge. I do 6 without holding onto anything and 8 barely touching the machine. Then I switch sides and do 15 without holding onto anything!

Now my protocol last time was to stop and watch when Keshia did her reps. DID NOT HAPPEN THIS TIME. Oh no, right after I get finished, Rambo is telling me to keep doing stretches, breathing etc. Stay Loose he says.

Next we go to the balance ball. This scares me. I perch on top of the ball holding Rambo's hands. He gets behind me and is holding the ball still. I have to do sit ups and lean back until I can touch his chest. I swear that man kept moving further and further back. He says he didn't but I beg to differ. Keshia goes to do her reps. I tip toe over to a corner, thinking he would not think to tell me to do anything.BUT I WAS WRONG. HE FOLLOWED ME. He made me put my leg upon a bench, balance, and do stretches!!!! Do you have any idea how hard that is????

Next it is machine time. Friends, you just haven't lived until you have someone positioning your legs onto a machine that you have no hope on God's green earth of ever positioning yourself into. I am telling you nothing deters Rambo. You don't just sit down on the machine and work it. you have to mold yourself into the contortion that will fit you to the machine. This is when he tells me I am going to find my intensity. I have to exercise, I have to remember to breathe, I have to remember to keep my core straight, my knees bent, my arms strong, AND I have to stay focused!!!!

All in all, I have to admit, it was a good workout. Rambo keeps me on task and does not let up. The Gym Virgin needs that!

Signed up for the 5k Susan B. Komen walk/run in October today.

Posted by Gym Virgin at 10:54 PM