PT another day

It's Saturday morning, and the alarm goes off at 7am. ugh. Do I have to get up?? *slams the snooze button for another 9 minutes* But yes, eventually, I have to get up. I paid good money for this PT named Amy, and I'm not cancelling. Up. Dressed. Semi human by 7:45. Grab a bottle of water, goodness knows a can of Diet Coke isn't a good thing before a workout. Slap some peanut butter on a slice of bread, for the carbs I'm going to need for this.

Don't you just hate bouncy cheerful blondes at 8:30am on your day off?? And off we go. Its upper body workout day, and an intimidating looking cable machine. So many arms to set, weights to set, things to pull, push and torture my way through. Actually, its not bad, but darn if I'm going to make a comment about how it's not feeling very heavy! The usual 10 or 15 reps in about six different torturous positions (ok, it wasn't that bad, really!)

Then we get to some floor work. OK, on my back, I lifted the 10 lb weights from the floor, pushing up in a shoulder press. And I didn't mind lifting the same weight while on all fours (lot of things are done on all fours... hmmmm). Then comes the pushups. uh, say what?? Yep, from the knees in a pushup position, brace your toes, then lift your butt into the air into the starting position of a pushup. ::blink::blink:: I don't think so. "Oh yes, you can do it" Amy says. Grunt. Groan. OOooo, up once! Twice! and even a third. Pause. Try again, twice. Nope. Can't do 10 of those. "Take a break" she tells me, and puts me back on all fours for more 10lb presses. Then she's convinced I have more of these pushup things in me ... "Ok, let's go, give me two more." With one of those ::yeah, right:: looks, I say "I couldn't do these in high school, why do you think I can do them at 51?" Groan. Grunt. Yep, two more. Ok, one for good luck even. Amy chuckles and says "I'll take it."

Another day of torture.... errr.... exercise is complete ...
after a 7 minute cool down on the treadmill.
My muscles are all a-quiver.
Which is a nice feeling!
I think.
I'll go back for more.
I think!

HUGS to everyone!!