My comments to Steve, personal trainer, after my workout with him last Friday, was that it didn’t hurt too much.  WRONG THING TO  SAY!  He made sure this week I would feel the burn!  And feel the burn I did.  I could barely lift my arms over my head by the time he was finished with me.  I thought my arms had turned to jelly.  I have to say it was a great workout.  I recommend people get a personal trainer to help them on their weight loss journey, as you will really get pushed beyond where you think you can manage.  The zone where you make ‘real’ progress is not the warm up, but the last few reps that you are struggling to get out.

This is how I felt after my workout

Steve was funny today – my workout started with me having to piggy back him THEN do steps – he weighs 68kgs, and I had to do three reps of 10 per leg steps!  It must have looked totally hilarious to anyone looking on.  Later in the workout, he forgot how to count.  ONly 4 more..3 more.. 2 more..ok… 2 more..now 2 more.. 1 more.. good.  Hmm.  Hold it for 5 seconds… 5….4…3…2…..2….2….2…..1  or 5…..4…..3…..2….long pause of 10 seconds…..2…..  All in all, a fun workout, but one I am still feeling tonight.  As he said, no workout over the weekend, so my muscles have a couple of days to recover.

I won’t bore you with the whole routine today, suffice to sya, there was a lot of focus on the upper body strength.  Hence the arms of jelly.  Also noticed my right knee has a bit of a twinge, will have to be careful on this.

Tags: Exercise, gym, personal trainer, Workout

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