110 days... the focus is really kicking in...
When I train, I train.... I train hard, I'm damn proud of the weights I lift.. That is why I am at the gym.. to train...
Now I have said it before and I just know I will say it again, but if you want to chat, go to a coffee shop not a gym...
I still say "morning" "hey" "yep, bloody freezing" to the morning crowd but I have a very limited time to train and I will not get into major conversations while I am there. I have to be in and out between 5.30am and 6.30am so it is definitely 30 seconds between sets people not 3 minutes!!!
Even last night when we went down to do Abs (I still had to be done and home in time to get the next days meals done and fit dinner in blah blah blah..) which I had run out of time for in the morning and when I stopped between exercises I was stopped by a PT and asked how much protein was in 200gs of chicken... WTF???? Your the personal trainer... So your a vegetarian, you are still the PT! I answered his question but I almost got the feeling he was testing me to see if I knew the answer... I mean he is a PT, shouldn't he know?????
I also feel sorry for Hubby as I am constantly tapping my foot as he does his sets between mine, I love having him train with me as I constantly try and reach the weights he does (Fat chance lady!) and he pushes me to my limits all the time, but I also hate training with him as I just want to get in and train hard and focused.
Trouble is he can be a social butterfly and does get easily side tracked... for instance yesterday he decided that he could create more space in free weights room if he moved this smith machine here and that smith machine there... So while he mentally rearranged the machines I had to keep reminding him that it was his turn to do a set... and that its not even our gym!!!
Today it was the fire engine... It sounded like a burglar alarm for a building and the old policeman in him took over and he disappeared outside to try and find out what was going on...
I did 2 sets while he was away... then the "alarm" stopped and he came back and did a set, then the "alarm" started and I did a set while he searched the gym trying to find and stop the bloody annoying noise... It was really off putting but come on I have an hour to train...
Turned out to be a toy fire engine in the creche... meanwhile I am Bicep curling and would have loved a spot for those last couple of reps... sigh..
Turned out ok today with us finishing with a few minutes to spare, so I didn't have to get home and scream around in small circles getting ready for work, tripping over large soppy dogs who just want a cuddle, which is what happens if we end up getting back late.
Sooooo all is going well, weights are improving, try and o at least one personal best every day, and aim for increasing on every exercise, most days I can at least get one extra rep or add one extra kilo and that's what it is about... pushing the boundaries and growing...
Got to go do the meal mambo... Decided that tonight we would have Pizza with double cheese topping, garlic bread with extra butter, ice cream, chocolate steamed pudding, custard, whipped cream and toffee flavoured topping..... NOT!!!!!!! LOL
Chicken and beans and broccoli - YUM!!! they really are my favorite!!!!
3 comments:
i woke two hrs early today and thought of you. tomorrow i will wake up early again, like i did today and the days w/o my car that i rode to work recently. i will use that extra morning time at "the gym" around the corner. not with the goal to compete, but to change my body BACK to what it likes best. :) i used to spend 2 hrs per day at the gym, not chatting but sweating. you motive me.
i know you said you dont have patience for pt, but i think you'd be awesome for serious clients. maybe you should even think of having your own gym? or fitness/life coach books?
I love that what I'm doing has inpired you to make yourself feel better.. That is the best present in the world, thank you for letting me know, it really does give me a dose of the warm & fuzzies and helps me to push myself harder.
I coudn't have my own gym... Hubby would be for ever moving the machines around!! LOL
I have thought about the book thing... It's a bit like getting on the bike for the first time.. your heart says do it you know you will love it... your head says but wait you might fall off and kill yourself...
the book and riding, ah yes, well we decided to ride anyway...right?!? ;) !!!
ps, i can imagine your hubby, moving all the equipment, all the time... LOL!
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