I am not going to lie to you, I actually enjoyed today's workout. I know, strange isn't it. It's not because today was easy, not because I had to do it on my own, but...I don't know why. I just enjoyed it. Sick.
Anyway, today was my second of four workouts on my own. Karissa is still down east partying with friends and threatening to stay there. All I know is that she better not as she still has work to do getting me into better shape.
Today was the same workout as Chapter 23 in case you want to go back and read that one. I will go through the exercises here again, but today was a bit easier than last time.
The first of 3 supersets was bosu lunges (15 per side), sideways ladder work (3 times, then 4 times, then 5 times), and finally the much hated sippy bird things. I hate those, especially this time as I did have to hold weights while doing it. My legs scream at me by the end of the 12th rep on each leg as it is trying to balance me while doing all of the heavy lifting.
The second superset consisted of bosu squats (15 reps), bosu pushups (15 reps), and stability ball flys (15 reps). This superset, like all others, was repeated 3 times.
The third, and final, superset was another 3 exercise grouping. The first was tricep pull downs while balancing on one leg (10 per leg), Russian twists (15 per side), and lower back extensions (15 reps). I actually enjoyed the Russian twists this time. Again, I don't know why, but I did.
Also today, I had a good conversation with a fellow gym member names Mark. We discussed the benefits of hiring a personal trainer for the gym. We both agreed that hiring a trainer is a good thing. For both of us the trainer was more for motivation to get to the gym and use it. Mark looked like more of a power lifter, but said that his problem is that he works hard for about 3 months, gets to a point where he is happy, then ignores the gym for the next 9 months. He wants his trainer to ensure that he makes it longer than 3 months.
My motivation for hiring a trainer is a bit different. I have been a member of World Health for many years, but like many others, I didn't go to use it. I was essentially throwing my money away. I knew that I wouldn't go back unless I had a reason to, so that is why I hired my trainer. If I have an appointment, I am going to keep it. That gets me into the gym. Since then Karissa has given me a program that I am able to stick with for short periods while she is gone, but I am going to have to work on continuing to attend even when my sessions are complete. That is something that we will work on when she gets back.
Off for the weekend, so no workout updates until next Tuesday.
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