The First Workout Back.

It was the quietest I'd ever heard Paige.  From 6:15am-7am this morning, barely a peep came out of her mouth as we hopped back on the fitness wagon again.  Part of the silence was simply due to the fact that I made her run harder, step up higher, pushup lower, squat deeper, rolldown slower, and row stronger.  She had barely any breath to speak with.  The other part was that, deep down, she knew that this time, there really were no excuses.  There is no excuse for 31 days of no structured exercise. (Unless you're sick in the hospital.)  One week? 10 days? Maybe.  I'm sure I've gone a week or two here and there throughout my life without exercising.  But really, there's no excuse for an entire month.  That's 1/6 of our journey gone that we can never get back.   She may have been cursing me in her mind, but at least she didn't vocalize it ;)

To say the least, I was very proud of Paige (and Nickey) this morning. I didn't hold anything back in the workout, and I was super thrilled that I didn't have to encounter any excuses.  In fact, this workout would have been a tough workout for anyone,even if they hadn't taken a month off! (It was one of the workouts where I was glad that I was the trainer, not the trainee).  Even though I do those types of workouts often, they're tough, and I know that from experience.

There were a few tears.  (I like to think that they were tears of joy from her body telling her how thankful it was that she was back to exercising!) But, sometimes, within a tough workout, emotions get the best of us.  It can bring up all the other negativity that could possibly be surrounding our life.  We all have challenges.  A tough workout will bring those emotions up.  But they bring them up so that they can be dealt with.  The body sometimes cries out, and that's our opportunity to change. Nothing in our lives will change, unless we change ourselves first and foremost. Every workout is an opportunity to change yourself for the better.  You always leave a different person than when you walked in.  So, good job Paige!  Now, only you can take control of those emotions that came up in the workout! You are strong enough to deal with them, and ANYTHING else that comes your way!

Here's a taste of what Paige, Nickey, and I encountered this morning: (sorry I didn't have my camera to take a photo)

4 minute warmup jog
10 sit & stands
10 bench pushups
10 step ups each leg
30 sec. run to the bridge
Walking lunges across bridge (about 30 yards)
10 more sit & stands, pushups and step ups
2 minute jog
Tubing Rows & Tubing Straight Arm Pullbacks.
100 Yard easy x 100 Yard sprint
More tubing rows & pullbacks
3 minute jog
Water Break
Rolldowns
V Sits
Dead Bug Holds
Bodyweight Starfish
Ladder Runs (suicides) under the bridge for 2:12 of  pure "fun"
Cooldown walk