Training Day 15

Here we are again. Another day, another workout, and I have to admit today was better. Yes, still a little sore from Wednesday’s workout, but that is to be expected. Trainer K even reassured me during our session today that I would expect possibly another day of some soreness, but it will work through.

With my session today, Trainer K let me off the hook on the intensity level due to our last session, but not with the workout. We worked my core again today, but instead of the fast pace movements with the stability ball and medicine ball, she let me work on the circuit machines so I could have a bit more control.

Plus with the range of motion the machines give, I think it helped to stretch out my back a bit more. I do hate the machines for one thing - they take too much time to change them out. The flow with free weights and the individual items really helps me to move quickly to get more in with the short time frame I have.

Anyway, it was a good work out, but I will feel it tomorrow. Might as well prepare myself for it. Plus, my trainer wants me at pilates tomorrow morning, not kickboxing. Although, she is letting me decided if I want to stay for the kickboxing class. Although I have had some pilates mixed into my sessions, I have never truly had a pilates class. This should be interesting.

So, basically today was an easy day that I was very grateful for. I just know that she is going to have something in store for me tomorrow. Ut oh!

TTFN ~

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Training day 14

Normally I make this post on Tuesdays, but since my training was postponed until today - Trainer K didn’t have her head on yesterday - I am making it today, and unfortunately today, I feel like I let me trainer down.

I’m not usre if she was just testing me with what I did today and honestly none of it was bad, just foreign to my non-working body. Simple things, all back strengthening, but i felt like I was struggling so much that I was stopping more often then I should have.

Basic weight lifting, not hand weights and actual bar today, plus sprinting, then running, lots of squats in variations, and some lovely jumping jacks. So, nothing that seems overly excessive when writing it down, but all things my body has not done in a LONG time so very strenuous, and just not getting with it.

Today’s training was just not a good example of what I can do and I am a bit upset with myself. Trainer K seemed her usual happy self and she had someone waiting to train after me, so I really didn’t get to talk about how she felt it went. Her reply is, "Always good Dannie," everyday - even if it did suck!

Well, I will go in tomorrow and do the treadmill since it is my off day and then I will go back at it on Friday and hopefully can give her a better day than I gave today. At least give myself a better day then today. If I felt like it was bad, then it was bad.

Well, it’s over and time to get on with the rest of today. Enjoy!

TTFN ~

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Training Day 9

Wow, can’t tell you how hard today really was for me to go work out. I’ve been doing some cardio this week, but since I had a sick child Tuesday and yesterday I had meetings all day long from 7:30 AM until 5:00 PM, I couldn’t work out with my trainer; until today.

I can tell I haven’t been put through the ringer all week like she does for me because I felt so out of synch training today. I mean, I did it and I can tell I worked, but I was definitely not in a flow today.

Trainer K worked me today, concentrating on my core. Another round of intense crunches and twists - all kickboxing basics, really using my stomach, back, and waist. She showed me how she wanted each to flow into the other and that was that.

For a while the burn was so intense, I had to take a beak. I knew if I kept going I would have puked. I caught my breath, took a few more deep ones, and then right back at it.

I don’t feel to terrible after, and actually feel pretty good. Yes, I’m tired and would love a nap and I think that is just exhaustion from having no intense anything to jumping full throttle into it today.

Next week I measure. YEAH!

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Training Day 8

Trainer K showed me a new friend today. Oh how I use to hate those lunges. Now they are the love of my life compared to the  *gulp* stability ball! I hate it! My abs are on fire and I really want someone to put them out for me. Please? When she said, “Ab workout.” OK. Then she said, “We will get a whole body workout from this.” Again, OK. She showed me the ball, I was ready to go. How stupid the newbie is.

I didn’t think anything of it. Never used a stability ball before. Remember, no clue about working out. I should have that made into a tattoo on my forehead. Back to the story. To me the ball was plastic filled with air; a bundle of bouncing joy to help me get into shape. Well, maybe next month it might be a happy bundle, but today, oh no, it was torture.

It was a total body workout. You literally have to use your entire core and concentration to keep yourself on the ball. I rolled a few times, not off, but around. The power needed in your legs - thighs and butt - to keep you in one location and then using your core to keep you on the ball; that alone helped me sweat enough to keep me good for exercise until next week. Unfortunately, Trainer K didn’t let me off that easy. She threw in the ab workout too!

Now, today wasn’t about reps. It was all timed. So, normally abs are say 3 sets of 25. Not today. Today, I did 3 sets, but each one minute long with a rest in between. So, instead of 75 total, it was up to around 150 or something like that. Upper abs, lower abs, obliques, oh my! And not just one form of crunch for upper abs, oh no, there were like four versions for each: upper, lower, and obliques. Oh yes, oh my.

Then of course we had to throw in some thighs and butt into just staying on the ball while trying to crunch. Boy, I can tell this is a technique I am going to have to master, and soon. Trainer K plans to make the stability ball my friend. When that happens, it means I am going to be using it almost EVERY session. Happiness is just poring out of me, can’t ya tell?

Now, I get to look forward to waking up tomorrow in pain and kickboxing on Saturday. Wish me luck!

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Training Day 3

I am surprised that I am not in a terrible amount of pain. I’m sore, but livable. Today, I worked on my legs and abs. Always abs of some sort. My trainer had me do the bike for ten minutes to warm up, then the dreaded step which killed my thighs last week, and then some balancing stretches to murder my poor calves. I am A-OK!

Hopefully since I am not feeling too sore today that means that my body is beginning to handle the change it is taking on. No, no physical changes that can be seen, but I am beginning to feel better. I seem to have more energy. I also seem to have a huge freaking appetite after working out.

So, I will be changing up my food plan, bigger breakfast before hand, so I am not so hungry after and want to eat house and home. Then I will modify my other smaller meals to help out.

One thing I have noticed is how weak my body is. Many of the muscles I am using haven’t ben exercised in forever. I can especially feel it in my arms/shoulders. When working on free weights, I push myself to the limit, but really struggle because I just can’t find that last humph to get over the hurdle. I know as I continue, soon it will be no problem. Right now it is frustrating.

That is it for today. Next training day 4 is on Thursday! See you then.

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