First Session

Yesterday afternoon I met with Jeremiah, my personal trainer, for the first time. I did not have the guts to ask him if he's a bullfrog or if he had an excess of wine. Honestly, I don't think he'd understand that reference. He's a really nice guy so I don't want to get weird on him.

Yesterday was the evaluation day so he basically ran me through a bunch of different stuff to see what level I'm at. He could then check my form, make corrections, and decide what he's going to make me do. I admitted that I'm not in good shape, I don't run, and I have a job where I sit a lot. I told him all of my goals and he was really receptive. I think he appreciates that I have a clear goal in mind and that I didn't back down from anything he threw at me.

He absolutely kicked my butt yesterday. Actually, it wasn't central to the butt. It was a whole-body experience. I need to build up strength in my arms and core and he had me do somewhere around 50 pushups in various positions and at least 30 pull ups. Plus lunges, squats, box squats, box squats with weights, plus a couple of the gym machines. I appreciate that he walked me through everything in a way that made sense but wasn't condescending at all which is nice. I didn't complain and I only swore once (and it wasn't even AT him... it was at the stairmaster) and he got this glint in his eye and an evil grin when he realized he can thoroughly kick my ass and I'll just... let him. He said that he's going to make an exercise plan that he'll keep in the file cabinet at the gym so when I come back during the week, I can go through the stuff he wants me to. I'll do Mondays with him, Tuesdays and Thursday for sure, and Wednesday when I am able.

Today I am sore but it's a good sore. It's a sore that tells me I worked for it which I really like. My arms are mostly okay but my upper-arm and armpit area is pretty sore. The tops of my thighs and my glutes are really sore. The in-between motions for standing up and sitting down are a bit intense. Going up the stairs is a little rough but going down is terrible. Of course, the universe has found reasons for me to go up and down the stairs at least four or five times now. So that's great. I'm hoping to get a before picture so I can do some comparing later on.

This is going to be really hard but I'm looking forward to it.