And so it begins!

Yesterday I had my first meeting with my new personal trainer, Bonnie. I was beyond nervous. All day long I kept worrying about it. I'm always nervous to start new experiences and meet new people and worry about not being good at it, BUT as it turns out, Bonnie and I definitely "clicked". She's a really sweet girl. She's only 20, so I feel kind of old (even though I'm only 22!). We both have danced and played softball throughout our lives. I think things will work out.

We started off with a 5 minute warm-up walk on the treadmill then moved on to core exercises. Bonnie had me do a plank for 1 minute, followed by some sideways arm extensions on the cable weight machine (not sure what to call them). Then I had to repeat that circuit. I was proud of myself for holding the plank both times.

Then we started the real workout. Bonnie started me off with some basic moves so as not to overwhelm me and to kind of gauge my fitness level. Here's what we did:

Step-ups (on a weight bench)
Push-ups (modified, knees on ground)
Walking Lunges
Single Arm Rows (with cable machine)
Squats

I'm not sure of all the numbers here because she was counting and I was focusing on form, but I'll update this on Monday when I go back and see the card. We did this circuit twice. I did really well the first set, but the second set was definitely harder. I started to feel the burn about halfway through the step-ups. It reminded me of climbing the Great Wall of China (which I have done, and man, this was just as rough). The walking lunges just about took me out, but I finished the workout strong.

That's one good thing about this personal training business. With her there watching me, I KNOW I have to push through and do my best because she'll notice if I'm slacking. And she's not mean or a drill sergeant at all. Bonnie is super nice and very encouraging. She even high fived me when I finished. :)

The plan now is to repeat that same workout on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the next two weeks. On the other days, I'm supposed to do 30 minutes to 1 hour of cardio, which I'm accomplishing by jogging/walking intervals on a treadmill. I'll post my treadmill workout too so you can see what I'm doing.

I am definitely sore today, BUT that's how you know it's working. If you don't challenge yourself, you won't see any change in yourself. I know I've got to keep it up because I don't want to disappoint myself or Bonnie when I see her again on October 5th.

xoxo

Katie