I Maybe Should’ve Thought of this Before

Did you know that I like to work out? I like to work out. I like to work out a lot. It makes me happy. Do NOT start a conversation with me about exercise unless you have a strong exit strategy and can tolerate the sight of my eyes getting all twinkly.

I’m trying a new project that really is worth sharing.

For the first time ever, I’m working with a personal trainer. Justin Eacret has been great. He’s very professional and knowledgeable. He understands that my Crossfit is extremely important to me, as is my side gym work (aka Lady Lifting). He has been very supportive of those endeavors.

Not gonna lie, I worried about working with a trainer. I’ve been getting what I think is great foundation from the programming that Kyle makes and the coaching that Jayme and Jen give. I was worried that a trainer would tell me why what I’m doing is wrong. That’s not at all how it’s been. He’s taken what I’ve done, and given direction based on my personal goals and abilities.

I do this thing when I wake up where I lay my 47 year old self still in bed and run diagnostics. Did I wake up? Check! Am I feeling okay? Check! (It’s just allergies! I swear!). Am I sore? Yea baby! I know that I don’t NEED to be sore to make progress. But I LIKE to be sore. It makes me feel like I did something. I especially like to be sore in the spots that I’m trying to change. Justin’s targeted workouts are doing that.

Even though I’ve been working out a while, this training has still given me those awesome experiences when you are introduced to a muscle you didn’t know you had or had never used in a specific way before. He’s been patient, yet pushy through such episodes as me being unable to stop laughing as I try a new kind of leg curl. Or him telling me to do the thing, me telling my body to do the thing, and then nothing happening.

Justin: “Okay, now just go ahead and lift your torso up.”

Me: “Okay.” *while focusing entire existence to get torso up

Also me: *not moving torso at all

It’s exciting to get some progress on that move. If you’re curious, I’ll show you my new trick. As long as there’s a GHD machine nearby. And, I didn’t have to worry at all that I’ve mastered it, because as soon as I figure out the thing, his “helpful” self makes the thing harder.

This has been a hard but very fun adventure. I really can’t wait to see how it turns out. There’s so much to talk about! (Here comes that twinkle in my eye…run!) But I’ll pace myself. Partly because that’s what I need to do, and partly because the nutrition guy (Lawrence Senical) is presently dead to me. (Really?! 45 min on the treadmill?! It’s killing me. The show on the TV today included a vet giving CPR to a chipmunk. A CHIPMUNK. Ugh!)