I Think It’s Going To Work Out Fine
Yay! I’m sore! I’m done with my first week of working out without my personal trainer. Since he would often push me WAY past my comfort level I was concerned that I wouldn’t push myself like I really needed to. I worked back/shoulders Thursday and legs (blech) on Saturday. It’s Sunday and my shoulders are still a little sore and my legs are starting to feel sore. Awesome! (It’s times like this that I’m glad that no one I know knows about this blog. If they knew I was sitting here writing about how I was excited to be feeling mild discomfort they would have me institutionalized.)
One thing I do miss is that if I ran out of gas on a set he wouldn’t let me quit and would assist me with finishing the set. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.
I thought planning my own workouts would be annoying but I found that I actually kind of enjoy it. I threw in chin-ups before chest/arm day and pull-ups before back/shoulders day. I think I might keep doing that. I really want to get my numbers up on those.
I wrote earlier about how I would always get really nervous before each time I would go to the gym. I just now realized that working out by myself has totally killed that. Instead of being worried about what horrors are about to be inflicted upon me (LOL) I now know what the game plan is and just dive in. What’s weird is that I’m finding myself fired up about the gym like I’ve never been. I’m itching for back day to come around again so I can try and squeeze out one more pull-up. I’m excited about killing my arms tomorrow. I guess I feel like a bird that’s been kicked out of the nest and is falling to the ground. You can either go splat or fight and take flight. I like this feeling!
February 10, 2008 at 4:07 pm
good job bro. You have yet another feeling of accomplishment thus more motivation! Keep it up
February 11, 2008 at 11:34 am
I know the feeling… just waiting to get to the gym to get in that intense workout. Yes, the nice thing is that it’s all up to you! The gains and progress you will make… pretty priceless! Throw in an extra pull up for me… i’m working on them, but I’m outraged that it’s really hard for me to do those
Keep training hard Monkey!
February 12, 2008 at 7:24 pm
so glad to hear you are not "splatting" on the ground!!! Way to go,,,,, did i not tell you this would be a good thing??? lol!!! I am like the magic 8 ball… will stress monkey succeed without a trainer? it is certainly so!!!