First night with Jim at the Gym

This year, CB and I decided to start the new year off right and get 20 sessions (each) with a personal trainer at our gym. I am going to try to blog about each workout session for the next 10 weeks. There should be 30 posts in all, because we do two days with Jim and one day alone each week. We are also supposed to do cardio three more times a week to really get our hearts and bodies in shape. However, I am not the daily blogger, so I think that I will stick with the workout days. Today I am going to write before and after this experience! In addition to this goal of getting fit in '11, I am also hoping to be better at showing what I have knitted or crocheted on here this year, so that I know what I have accomplished by the end of the year. This year end was spent with a lot of "oh and I made...." and " oops, forgot I also made...."

3:45 pm: Still at work, should be finishing up progress reports for my students (they are due by Friday)
 I am sitting here nervous thinking Jim is going to kick my BUTT! I think that CB is pretty nervous about that too. He kept asking me if Jim was going to do a fitness assessment tonight or just get to the work outs. I think for me he will get to the workouts having worked out with him before as a free service at the gym. Work out is at 5, better go eat something to give me some energy for this training session.

6:45 pm:  Walked on the treadmill for 10 minutes then met with Jim ended with a cool down walk of 10 minutes on the treadmill. He made me work for it! I did exceed his expectations a bit I think. At one point he said I needed more weight for an exercise and even said "KB you are a Beast!" I know there will be hard days.... but today was a good start!