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Last Personal Trainer session today...
Wow, a whole month has gone by since I joined the university gym, hiring a personal trainer, and as of today, completed 12 sessions!!! Since y'all know I LOVE to do analyses, let's do one for how effective these P.T. sessions were, shall we?
Pre- and post-assessment results failed to show a weight loss, or body fat loss either! :( Apparently I have 49 pounds of weight in FAT! (Hey, is that right? What does that mean anyway? Surely not that I have 49 pounds to lose?!! My trainer wasn't very reliable in answering such math questions! )
Anyhow, back to the business of measuring progress. I didn't lose any weight or body fat, but I have learned ALL the machines in the gym (at least all the main ones), figured out the right settings for my height, and learned the correct form for each. In addition, I began to run on track. I tentatively learned to do push ups. Best of all, I notice a difference in my Core muscles as compared to the first day when I fell down off the ball and hit my knee and another day where I was all wobbly anywhere near a ball, bozu, etc, in contrast, I am able to balance myself quite rapidly on the bozu now, and even do curls with 8-10 pound weights. And today I managed to get on the bozu all by myself and lift the weights--ALL BY MYSELF..no wobbling, and very light to get on...I looked up and I saw the soft, proud look on my trainer's face, like a proud papa looking almost teary-eyed at their baby's first step!!! I kid you not!! I am not getting soft here! I swear--this 20-something year old kid must have experienced a proud accomplishment in seeing a difference in me!! I teased him a little and we laughed about it. But it was great to feel these little baby steps....I can now do a bridge and a plank with the ball, and curls, and lift it with my leg etc...so, I am excited. My body is changing..very slowly..but surely. Oh, I remember, the lunges and squats used to be TORTURE..but now I seem to be doing them readily. with weights. and even walking lunges. So yeah, there's progress.
He gave me a plan for the next few weeks and I plan to follow it to the T. I worry that all the learning will disappear and be forgotten if I don't immediately follow up and keep up with this until it becomes natural..like walking! I want to keep up with this, and get better and better, and start learning new tricks from books, people, classes, internet etc..
Today's session was an overall review of all the machines and my form, but since i didn't get to workout at all, I planned on going to the gym later in the day. But later got busy with work. And then I promised I'd come home and work out. But I got tired. Had dinner. And then started to stress about work. So decided to maybe skip the gym...and then...I pulled an AMRYK! LOL! I quit making excuses and did end up going to the gym (but like Amryk's journal the other day, I led you to believe I almost didn't go, right? ;)). Well, I also got inspired because right in the nick of time I heard of BadAndee going to the gym despite how busy she is..and that guilted me into going..well, whatever reason works, it's fine, right? I have to keep relying on all these motivational reasons until it comes natural to me to WANT to go to the gym daily...
Anyhow, I went to the gym b/w 10-12 at night..so I imagined I'd be a little tired, but I tried to push myself as much as I could. Today was not c2k (interval) running, so I decided to go for endurance (long distance running). Did total 30 mins on the treadmill (2.28 miles), 5 mins @ 4.0 mph, 8 mins run @ 5.2 miles, 7 mins @ 4.0 mph, and then another 5 mins run @ 5.5 mph..and then walked it off, and cooled down for 2 mins. Oh, and my 1st mile took 12.45 mins today (as opposed to 13+!!)..so that's progress!
Weights focused on upper body (shoulders, biceps, triceps, chest):
Shoulders front: 8 pds, 15 reps, 3 sets
shoulders side: 5 pds, 15 reps, 3 sets
bicep isolated curls: 3 sets at 10 pounds
bicep hold one arm and curl the other: 1 set with 10 pounds
tricep raise and extend: 3 sets, 10 pounds, 15 reps
Upper back lateral pulldowns: 3 sets
chest: 3 sets
MEals: on track!
Pre workout protein shake: 5 pts
post-workout coffee with cream (2 pts)
salad with ff ranch (1), croutons (1), cheese (1),
pre-dinner: smoothie (5)
chicken/boca burger stir fry 1/2 serving (1.5)
1/2 flat bread (.5), with sprinkled cheese (0.5)and mixed salad
post workout protein pwd 1/2 serving with little bit of milk (2)
Total: 19.5
Success: Was starving at work as had to stay later than I expected, but managed to avoid the vending-machine trip!!
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