Monday was my birthday. I celebrated the start of my 44th year by meeting up with my trainer for our monthly consultation. My usual trainer wasn't at work so I met with a young pup who served in Afghanistan. He said many of the same things my usual trainer said to me. Things like "Your body gives out before your mind gives up. You have great control & I love training clients like you. I can show you once, you do it & I don't have to remind you to breathe!" He loves my gym for many of same reasons I do. The friendly, supportive staff & the people working out in the gym give encouragement as well.
As far as my circuit goes, I got to keep the Bosu Ball & the box steps with a modification. He has me getting on & off of the Plyo Box from the back instead of from the sides...holding a 4 pound medicine ball. The rest he changed. I'm doing the Dorsi Flex machine at 30 pounds. It seems light but I won't up the weight until I can do the front, side dumb bell lifts with ease. Now I'm struggling with 5 pound weights on the last set. Planks & bench push ups are new for me & both are very, very difficult. I can plank for 5-10 seconds, but I can do the push ups on my knees...with difficulty. The final new exercise is the leg press machine at 80 pounds. he wanted me to do 40 pounds but I told him it was too light. He doubled it to 80 & it felt pretty good. It's still not really a challenge, but I didn't want to overdo it in combination with my box steps. I did the circuit twice today before Zumba for old people started. I did the Zumba class, even though it's hard on my ankles...which is why I do Zumba for old people, or as the gym calls it "Zumba Gold". After the class I finished my 3rd round on the circuit, followed up by 30 minutes on the recumbent bike, weight loss cycle, level 4.
Each of those 30 minutes on the bike were a struggle, but I pushed through & finished them. After all, how am I supposed to regain my health if I don't push myself?!!
The end result of my workout was that I was sweaty, sore & had noodle legs for the next 30 minutes.
As for my first set of measurements goes...here are the results.
Start goal October (month 1)
Bust 44 43 43
Waist 58 56 57
Hips 55 54 55
Thigh 25.5 25 26
R. Arm 14.25 13.75 14.5
L. Arm 14.25 13.75 13.5
BF% 49.8 25.6 49.9
Weight 240.2 TBD 245
I was a little disappointed with my progress but when I take into consideration that I was out of the gym for 2 weeks due to the Achilles & Vegas, in addition to my feeling sorry myself eating binge...I can't complain.
Today I went to the gym with a renewed attitude...basically I was going to kick my work outs ASS! I felt like I did that!
good work!
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