Thursday, September 6, 2012

First Training Session AKA THE TRAINING ASSESSMENT...DA DA DA!

So, last night was the first training session which turned out to be a fitness assessment.  I had to laugh at how many times I had to respond to a nutrition related question with a "Well....."  When all was said and done, I feel pretty committed to trying to work on some of my bad eating habits.  I may not be ready to ditch my diet coke addition yet, but I can try to limit my Dorito and cupcake intake for sure.  I was pumped that mayonnaise was on the Bad Choice list that my trainer gave me.  I don't like mayo...YAY!

AfterI did my strength training test, I saw my "report card."  I felt the anxiety only a middle school student feels after doing poorly on an exam when waiting to see the final grade!  I was not surprised to see the low score for upper body strength.  I have none.  I think that Katie got all of the upper body strength genes with all of the math genes.  I was surprised to see that I scored "EXCELLENT" for my lower body!  I hope that means that I don't ever have to do stairs at the gym.  One can only hope!

Needless to say, I have a lot to do.  I printed out my workout and now have a plan in place.  I am a little anxious about finding the machines and not looking like a tool wandering around the gym.  I am thinking I should get to the gym around 11pm.  I can make up the sleep tomorrow after school!  This way I can ensure a smaller amount of viewers to my sad sad nomadic rotation around the gym.  I almost laughed/cried when I saw after all the reps on the machines for strength training, it says that I should do 20 minutes of treadmill cardio "jogging."  HA!  Jogging seems to me a workout in and of itself.  Not a component to a workout!  AHH!

Wish me luck as I try to complete everything tonight.  I am anticipating that I will need most of the weekend to recover and I need to get to the gym at least 2 times before next Wednesday.

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