It is quite amazing how much better a person feels after a good nights sleep! I woke up thinking to myself that I was glad to have felt what I did last night...that it was time to put on my big girl panties and get to work making things better! I am still sore but even that seemed less today.
The food end of things still remains a struggle. I am used to either not eating in the morning, or eating whatever with coffee, and just kinda winging it for lunch. I am not a planner, or should I say, I haven't been one in the past, but now I am learning to be one. I actually have to think about what fuel I am taking in, and the effects on my system. I made a carefully calculated decision and had....Special-K with berries again for breakfast! Phew! Lunch was a sandwich broccoli slaw and grapes. I felt better when I went to work out because I wasn't so fatigued and had some energy. Water and more water to drink.
We were meeting as a team today at 6:30 in the "man gym"....by the way guys...you don't smell better if you spray yourself down with Axel. It smells good and all...but save a little for tomorrow's work out too....too much of a good thing isn't always good! Where was I...Oh yes, so I go to the gym and see my trainer Ron working out with two of the mentors. He told me to get on the elliptical for 10 minutes to warm up, and he would finish with the others, and maybe more of the team would show up. I was surprised at how fast my legs warmed up and felt better. When I was almost done, Ron had me stop and come over to him so he could get me started. By now Sam the other trainer was there and one other female team mate. I was told to start doing squats across the length of the gym and back, then lunges up and back, then side lunges up and back. Piece of cake...not really. I wasn't all that warmed up to start with and when you squat, step, squat, step you sort of look creepy to those around you. The lunges weren't much better but I find that people get out of your way pretty quickly when you are stomping your way across the gym like a mad troll. I completed the up and backs pretty easily, but my team mate had trouble completing one pass.
The focus of today's work out was on the legs. I have to tell you I was glad because my shoulders and hands were pretty sore from the walk-ups, and it was nice to have a day of recovery. I know I mentioned that Ron used to be an NFL player, but he also played arena football for a few years before he blew out his knees, and ended his career. In addition to being part of the HCC training, and doing personal training, he is a lead trainer for SC college football players preparing for the NFL draft. He brings a few guys into the gym at the same time as us, so he juggles a few people at a time. The problem with that is he will give us an exercise that he want us to do for, say 30 seconds, then he will be setting up the other guy up as well, leaving us to continue until we are told to stop. Usually this doesn't bother me, but tonight he had us doing exercises on the floor on mats, and he wondered off and didn't come right back.
Per Ron's instruction I was to get on my mat laying face up. Okay..so far so good. He then said to walk my feet towards my butt until my hips were off the ground, alright..., then he said to cross my hands across my chest and do pelvic tilts for 30 seconds... okay not too hard...so I tilted, up down, up, down, up, down..wait a minute, my teammate had a cramp so Ron was helping her and my 30 seconds was creeping a lot closer to a minute. I was thinking as I was doing this exercise about a song that Winnie the Pooh sings when he exercises.."Up, down, up, down, it puts me in the mood...Up, down, up, down, in the mood... .for food"....What an odd thing to be singing to myself I thought, because I was not hungry in the least! Finally he said rest...so I did. Then he said for me to start another set while he got one of his football guys going, "I'll tell you when to stop", I vaguely heard as he wandered off....up, down, up, down, up, down...you know...people look at you funny when you are doing this upside down humping motion all by your self on the floor. After what seemed like forever, he got back and told me to stop. Thank the Lord!!!!
Then he said he was going to introduce me to the dog. The dog...how bad could it be, right? Dogs are cute....Well his dog had me on all fours, doing leg lifts to the side knee bent, up and down until he said to stop, then circles with the knee clockwise, then counter clockwise, then to the chest tuck, straight, tuck, straight out to the back, then stop. OMG, by the time I got done I felt like someone was digging a hot poker into my hips. I was in such pain, and even when I stood up it wasn't much better. Ron told me I did good, and that we were going to the treadmills!! Oh, joy!
He put me on a treadmill for 25 minutes with the incline at 3 and the speed at 3mph. I took off and had almost 5 minutes in when I got a horrible calf cramp. Ron had me get off, and brace my toe against the end of the treadmill, leaning forward, to stretch out the muscle. It felt better,and I started to get back on to resume my minutes, and he re-set it for me to do 25 minutes at 3 incline and 3mhp! That man is evil! I completed the time and once again he told me I did well. I'm so glad. I had soaked my clothes with sweat and my hair was dripping. I had a towel this time, but I was wet to the skin. All in all I had fun. It was a good work out and although it was hard I never quit. One point for me.
Tomorrow we will work out at 6:00...Ron said to rest up! Now that's scary....
Kelly
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