Yesterday I had my first proper PT session. Having been wished luck the day before and having struggled to get out of bed Monday morning I was sure I would over sleep. This meant a restless night of "what time is it? Have I over slept?" which was hardly ideal but did mean I was up, dressed and able to have some tea and bread before I headed to the gym and I got there early!
Having got there early I sat on the recumbent bike for a few minutes gently peddling to wake up my legs which were sure they shouldn't be working at this time! Then it was time!
The clock turned to 7:30AM and Craig turned with a huge smile and lured me onto the treadmill!
Ok so normally I do 10-12 mins at 11mm pace. So we start at 11mm pace, then after 5mins he ups it to 10:30 pace then again after another 5mins to 10mm pace! By this time I was awake and struggling so I was pleased at only having to hold the 10mm pace for 3mins following it by a 2mins walk. So 15mins on the treadmill doing 1.31m and already I am hot, dripping with sweat and wanting to lie down!
Next resistance work. Starting off with 3 sets of 20 squats on the gym ball (up against the wall) followed immediately by 1min of using the stepper whilst holding weights. By the 2nd set my quads were starting to ache, by the 3rd set they were turning to jelly!
Now worries! Legs can have a rest whilst we now do 4 sets of 15 press ups on the gym ball i.e. arms now get to turn to jelly! Then back to do more work on the legs with static lunges and squats with weights of the stepper (hard to explain). I have never been so pleased to go for a stretch as this meant A time was up and B no more muscles turning to jelly!!
My legs don't feel too bad now so I should still be out for my scheduled run tomorrow but my triceps are aching! I really know I have worked and worked hard! Definitely getting my moneys worth! Still if I want to lose weight, tone up and do London again I need to work for it!!
Today I woke up to a mild case of DOMS and a 30mins run scheduled. Again I was at work early meaning a pre-work run. I chose a flatter route today expecting this to be a struggle and it wasn't fantastic (the last 5 or so mins were indeed hard!) but I managed another good run of just over 12mm pace which I am pleased with!
This afternoon though the legs had more of the wonderful DOMS feelings! Hmmm I just hope this is worth all the effort!! :-D
Having got there early I sat on the recumbent bike for a few minutes gently peddling to wake up my legs which were sure they shouldn't be working at this time! Then it was time!
The clock turned to 7:30AM and Craig turned with a huge smile and lured me onto the treadmill!
Ok so normally I do 10-12 mins at 11mm pace. So we start at 11mm pace, then after 5mins he ups it to 10:30 pace then again after another 5mins to 10mm pace! By this time I was awake and struggling so I was pleased at only having to hold the 10mm pace for 3mins following it by a 2mins walk. So 15mins on the treadmill doing 1.31m and already I am hot, dripping with sweat and wanting to lie down!
Next resistance work. Starting off with 3 sets of 20 squats on the gym ball (up against the wall) followed immediately by 1min of using the stepper whilst holding weights. By the 2nd set my quads were starting to ache, by the 3rd set they were turning to jelly!
Now worries! Legs can have a rest whilst we now do 4 sets of 15 press ups on the gym ball i.e. arms now get to turn to jelly! Then back to do more work on the legs with static lunges and squats with weights of the stepper (hard to explain). I have never been so pleased to go for a stretch as this meant A time was up and B no more muscles turning to jelly!!
My legs don't feel too bad now so I should still be out for my scheduled run tomorrow but my triceps are aching! I really know I have worked and worked hard! Definitely getting my moneys worth! Still if I want to lose weight, tone up and do London again I need to work for it!!
Today I woke up to a mild case of DOMS and a 30mins run scheduled. Again I was at work early meaning a pre-work run. I chose a flatter route today expecting this to be a struggle and it wasn't fantastic (the last 5 or so mins were indeed hard!) but I managed another good run of just over 12mm pace which I am pleased with!
This afternoon though the legs had more of the wonderful DOMS feelings! Hmmm I just hope this is worth all the effort!! :-D
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