Quadrupeds & Gym Rat, Day 3

How's your balance? If you're like me, its not as good as I think it is!?! When I met with Amy on Weds, she wanted to test my balance, and shows me how to do this rather simple test. Here it is: down on all fours, hands and knees shoulder width apart. Lift and extend your left arm and right leg at the same time, and return both to the floor at the same time, then repeat with opposite arm and leg combination. Sounds simple enough, and watching her I thought "hmm, this outta be OK".

Following her instructions, and giving her a look that said "yeah, right, I'm too old for this", I was down on all fours, and started with my right arm, left leg. Easy enough (famous last words!) and I did OK bringing them back into position at the same time. Obviously something to improve on, but I was able to do it. Now its the other side's turn. Left arm up, right leg up, and whoooaaa, I'm leaning like a drunken sailor. What's up with that? of course, this feels awkward as hell, ... and then .... the giggling starts. In a pleasant but dont-give-me-any-grief voice, Amy reminds me I have four more reps on each side. Dutifully, I follow her instructions, but the giggles keep bubbling up, and by the time I'm getting to the last set, I'm ready to quit. It's quite obvious that my balance is.... off. Of course, she reassures me, this will improve with time as my core gets stronger. I'm sure she's right, but in the meantime, I'm going to have to do these every week til then?? *shakes her head, laughing*

It's day 3 for the gym, and I'm not pushing myself too hard. I want to get into a lifestyle, a habit, not burn myself out in three months. Yesterday, it was 1.2 miles on the elliptical machine, and today it was .75 on the elliptical and .8 on a treadmill. I definitely enjoy walking the most. Probably because its what my body is most familiar with, so it seems "natural". I also did one of the arm press machines, an easy 10 reps, 30 second rest, another 10 reps. Just enough to know I've done something, not enough to hurt for the weekend. hehehe

A few hours' rest and I'll be back working with Amy in the morning... why, oh why did I schedule an early Saturday morning session???

HUGS to everyone!