Fear in the heart of one sedentary blogger
Today is my first official session with my personal trainer. I'm scared. He referred to me as "sedentary" and then told me it was his job not to lie to me. That's when I knew that he was the personal trainer for me. I suspect that his willingness to humor my whole "I hate exercise...please don't hurt me" routine is going to end today at noon.
I'm one of those folks who likes to have control of certain aspects of their life, like health. Eating healthy isn't a problem for me. But it's when that control aspect collides with inertia and pain avoidance that I run into problems. Thing is, I'm out of excuses. I want to feel great. And also, I want to look like Madonna.
Comments
- Anonymous
March 03, 2006
maybe you will inspire me to go to the gym and exercise.
being in great physical shape is potentially overrated.
been there and done that. it might be nice to be content and happy and somewhat secure in life. - Anonymous
March 03, 2006
Heather, we are so in the same boat. I joined a gym last week (finally) and the first workout with a trainer was a huge eyeopener as to what shape I'd let myself get into. - Anonymous
March 03, 2006
anon-I've never been there but I hope to some day! Hoping it also helps my moods (not they they are bad but my mood elevates after exercise) and insomnia.
Lisa- good! Let's encourage each other! I'm SURE I'm about to experience a similar eyeopener! Yikes! - Anonymous
March 03, 2006
I am glad you got someone who doesn't lie. You see I lie all the time about my allergies to excercise, and personal trainers don't believe it. I wouldn't know what to do if I ran out of excuses like you have...I think I will make busy making more up just in case. - Anonymous
March 03, 2006
Patblue-that sounds like a good plan. I couldn't even use the "takes too much time away from work" excuse because it really doesn't when I work from home. Also, I actually found some anti-excuses like the fact that I can pick up lunch there so I don't have to worry about what to make at home.
Well, anyway, I survived and it wasn't as bad as I thought. I need to go out and buy a heart rate monitor and gloves and you know how much I love the shopping. Added bonus, when you tell James you hate him, he laughs at you and says "good!"...where else in life is that OK to an actual person (that's a rhetorical question, kids)?
I feel kind of proud of myself and motivated to do it again. This is all very, very wrong. - Anonymous
March 03, 2006
Heather,
Congratulations! At least the rest of can now say that we know someone who exercises and as everyone knows, that's almost the same as actually doing the exercise yourself!
Cheers,
Mark - Anonymous
March 03, 2006
Mark, hahah....I've done it once. Not sure I qualify as someone "who exercises" quite yet. But I have paid for 12 personal training sessions up front fi that means anything. - Anonymous
March 03, 2006
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March 03, 2006
Do yourself a favor - at the start of a session, don't complain about the session before. If I do that, my trainer 'cranks it up a notch'! - Anonymous
March 03, 2006
Hmm... I had been contemplating sessions with a personal trainer. I'm curious to see how you progress... Waiting to hear about session #2, #3...
I have no problems motivating myself to go to gym every other day in the late evenings when it isn't so packed, and I can leisurely do my aerobic jogging and free weights routine. For me, it's the amount of people at Pro Club that matters; I hate crowds, and being there at peak-time completely changes my enjoyment and motivation.
//David - Anonymous
March 04, 2006
About 4 years ago after college I reached my highest weight, 145. At 5'7" that is not terrible but I didn't like the frumpiness that I felt. I started a simple workout that included power walking and a decent diet, I love food so this was rough for me. 4 years later, I now do sprint and half triathlons and weigh 115 during the winter and about 110 during the summer. My goal is to do the Hawaii Ironman triathlon some day. I have started doing weight training because my weight is a bit on the low side so I now spend even more time working out.
The upside is that I only need about 4 hours of sleep a night and ready for this I can eat just about anything I want. Now I feel weird when I don't workout, I am one of those people that go on vacation and use the gym in the hotel or go for a run.
I wish you the best of luck and just remember to start slow. One of the reasons people tend to quit workout routines is the soreness they feel because that started too quickly. - Anonymous
March 04, 2006
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March 05, 2006
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March 07, 2006
After your post, I've coincidentally been to the gym three times. I've done at least 20 minutes of cardio and some weights each time. This post apparently did not hurt my fitness. - Anonymous
March 07, 2006
nate-I hope it wouldn't hurt anyone's fitness! - Anonymous
March 07, 2006
A friend once told me if you can go to the Gym 10 (ten) times, after that it will be a habit.
It's true.
I get up at 4:30 ish am to get to the Gym as it opens at 5:30
am.
When you start a work out regimen, the first 9 times are most difficult. After that, it's a habit and believe it or not, you'll start to look forward to it . If you miss a day, you will regret missing it.
Whatever you do, don't let the trainer burn you out or loathe going. It's hard enough to motivate yourself to work out. It really is a form of self punishment. Don't let the trainer add to that.
Just my $.02
“Ranthony” - Anonymous
March 07, 2006
Ranthony-good advice. I actually look forward to the trainer part. We are doing sessions 2x per week for the firtst few weeks and then once a week and I'll be working out on my own. But he seems to be cautious not to ramp me up too quickly, so it's good. I really hope it starts to feel like a habit! So far, it just really feels great afterward and I've been sleeping through the night (falling asleep at 9PM no less), which is a big win for me. - Anonymous
March 07, 2006
Not to be too long-winded, but...
I wanted to write that this post inspired me to go the gym, but I am not for sure. It could be spurious correlation - I may coincidentally have gone to the gym after reading your post. There are other things that may have inspired me to go the gym.
But I can say that your post did not prevent me from heading to the gym. Maybe "prevent" is better word or idea than "hurt" - Anonymous
March 08, 2006
Aha! Gotcha. Now that makes sense. I guess we can consider the post a reminder to go to the gym. Every time I log back on to my blog, it's reminding me. : ) - Anonymous
March 24, 2006
You want to look like Madonna!Good lord no;that woman has turned into what i not so kindly refer to as a skankmonster.Double yuck!