TRAINERS HUH? WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR...

I feel as though I’m officially a broken record. I have been screaming the merits of personal training for no less than three weeks now because I really believe in what they do. I had my third and final training session with Brendan last night. He had given me a head’s up the previous week that we were going to be doing something he likes to call “POWERBURST”?!?! Say what? I tried to negotiate with him the previous week, explaining that I was fat and unfit so maybe this “burst” would be a terrible idea. Nevertheless, he assured me that I would do little harm to myself by trying it once, in spite of my lesser degree of conditioning.

With that I arrived after work yesterday terrified and knowing full well the workout ahead of me was going to render my muscles useless for many days post the fun time!!

The workout:
JUMP SQUATS – 30 seconds
(I started in a squatting position and did a 2 footed jump up onto a platform 10 inches from the ground, then back down into the squat, continuous motion, no rest)
PLYO STEP-UPS – 30 seconds
(I stepped up onto a platform 14 inches from the ground then jumped onto my other foot and back down again, very similar to a basic in a step class but jumping between each foot, continuous motion, no rest)
SLALOM JUMPS – 30 seconds
(side to side jumping over a bar)
MEDICINE BALL BASKETBALL JUMPS – 15 reps
(squat down and pick up a 6kg medicine ball, pushed it over my head and jump up into the air, like I’m doing a jump shot in basket ball)
MEDICINE BALL TWIST AND THROW – 10 reps each side
(squat down and pick up 6kg medicine ball, stand up with arms extended crossing the ball across my body and throwing it to a partner 6 feet away)
PLYO LUNGES – 15 reps
(lunge down and then jump into lunge with other leg, continuous motion)
ONE LEG DEAD LIFTS – 15 reps per leg
SQUATS – 15 reps
(fifteen squats on the half exercise ball in order to work core balance)

I know what you’re thinking, so what? That doesn’t seem like much. I will mention that there was only a one minute rest at the end of completing the entire set and then we started it all over again. We did this three times and then worked on some core exercise. I became nauseous about 15 minutes into the workout and I can barely remember anything that happened after that. I was sweating so profusely I was certain that I’d taken a shower with my clothes on.

After the workout was over, Brendan and I talked about whether I planned on continuing with him. Even though I believe that I’ve worked out harder in the three sessions with him than I have in the past five years, I can’t find a way to justify a $400/month exercise bill. If only I was able to buy one or two sessions a month I would be there but only if he promised never to mention POWERBURST ever, ever again.

So it goes; we went our separate ways with a handshake and some advice to eat some protein and STRETCH because tomorrow is gonna hurt!!!!

It’s tomorrow…I’ve been investigating buying a catheter online for the past 10 minutes because I can’t bear the thought of making it to the bathroom one more time today! My legs are officially on strike and it doesn’t look like they plan on going back to work any time soon.