Wednesday…cardio
Forgot to put this in here yesterday…30 min precor, 40 min stair treadle thing, 20 min run…
…A friend of mine who I used to go to the gym with has been asking me to "show her the ropes" around the weightroom at the gym…when she and I worked out before, she showed me how to use some of the nautilus machines, and that’s as far as we would go for weight training…never did any free weights or used the weight room machines at all…but since she has seen my progress she’s become interested in learning what exercises I do, and how much weight to use, what to eat, etc…she has stayed out of the weight room for the same reason a lot of women do: fear of looking stupid, not knowing what she’s doing, being stared at by guys, etc…so I showed her what I have been doing, what works for me, and tried to let her see that all the fear keeping her from weightlifting was really just in her head: NO ONE CARES!!..everyone is there to work on themselves, and if they are staring and making her uncomfortable, hey, there is a whole room full of dumbells to throw at their heads if they get disrespectful! LOL….
….I felt like a personal trainer and it was fun…but the most fun was showing her how much weight I can do the exercises with…last time she and I worked out was back in 2007 and I was still a weakling back then…she was using the same weight levels as me on the nautilus machines, and they weren’t that much…but now…when I showed her how to do one arm rows, I used a 35 lb dumbell…she went to try to pick it up and couldn’t!…that was awesome! 
…well, I’m not saying it’s awesome that she isn’t as strong as me, I’m saying it’s awesome to really see my progress when it is highlighted like that!…I felt so proud of myself and how far I have come in 5 months of weight lifting…but my favorite part of the workout was when she said…"I can’t wait til I look like you"…awww…that made me feel sooooo flattered
