Personal Trainer Day 2

[mommelisa]

Well, today was my fourth training session with Tim, the torture guy, and I had to share what he said to me today.

We started the workout and he said... you've really leaned out. What? Can you REPEAT? Can I turn on my tape recorder so I can replay that over and over again when I'm feeling crappy? Its a funny compliment, but it felt good, like the past 4 weeks of adding in the strength training has actually helped. Maybe he was taking credit!! lol!

All in all, I really have noticed a difference with the strength stuff. I'm feeling a lot more steady and confident on my bike and my runs have been great. I'm really pleased. Now if I could just stretch more... Its always something, isn't it??

[tprevost]

Hey Melisa,

It sounds like this personal trainer thing is going very well for you! Plus, the whole "leaning out" thing would have me back there every chance I got!

You are motivating me to get to the gym. I've been holding off because my range of motion is terrible (don't ever break your arm! UGH!) but am thinking I may try some really light weights with my splint on and see how that goes... a lot of really light reps is definately better than nothing!

In my earlier life, I was doing quite a bit of riding and then started doing some upper body work. The difference was immediate - I guess when my weak upper bod got tired, it sapped the energy out of the rest of my body! I also saw good improvement in my road riding when I did Mtn biking too (it worked well for developing my quad strength). I'm guessing you are WAY ahead of me on this front however (knowledge, quad strength, etc. )

I'm going to get on my new bike for the first time tomorrow - totally terrified what a goober!

Keep up the good work; you are awesome!

Tracy

ps. does Tim know his nickname???

[KSH]

Sounds like it is working out great for you!

I had signed up for 5 sessions... and only got 2 in before I got sick for 3 weeks, then I started my 10-week tri training program... and I twisted my ankle.

I have signed up for another 10-week tri training program, and I don't have time to make it to the gym, as I would rather be riding my bike.

So, I finally called and told my trainer I would probably just have to forfeit my sessions. I got 5, 30-minute sessions for $50, so... I will just have to eat the cost.

[mommelisa]

does Tim know his nickname???

LOL! I hope not.

I invited a friend of mine to share him on Tuesday mornings, so I don't really say much during the session except stuff like "what's next" and "how many??" She is more of the comic relief during the workout. She has him now on Thursdays too. She's getting ready to go to Hawaii for vacation with her family and she wants to be in "bikini shape". She's having a hard time losing the weight she thinks she needs to lose, so he had her charting her food and times when she ate, along with the other exercise she was doing. He thinks she's doing too much cardio at the wrong intensity level and actually not eating enough. Its interesting to watch what he is doing with her because it is so different than what he is doing with me, since our goals are so different. I guess the "one size does NOT fit all" thing holds true with Tim because he definitely has different plans for each of us.

I'm really excited by the progress. Get in there Tracy - you'll see an improvement really quickly. I think for multisport athletes, its really important, too, because you're doing so many different things to your body, it needs to have a firm base. Your core is so important.

Let us know how the bike ride went!!

[tprevost]

The bike ride was good! I'm a little stretched out on the bike so I made an appt for a fitting on Monday - I need a shorter stem. It is amazing how different this bike is from the touring bike I've been riding... holy cow! I did a solid 25 miles and will probably jump up to 35-40 next week with a/some shorter one(s) between now and then. I need to ramp up the mileage and worry about adding other stuff in later!

We have a full gym in our garage so tomorrow I am going to officially start my weight training. I'll definately go pretty easy at first but I could tell on today's ride that some upper body strength training would be a good thing

Personal trainers are pretty cool! I'll be interested in how things work out for your friend as well. I'm doing weight watchers right now and I do actually do better on the weeks that I go over my 'limit' than I do on weeks where I stay way under.... GOOD, I love food!!!

You are really lucky that you found such a good fit with Tim so quickly. I know a few people who've had to try several trainers before they found one that had the same/similar philosophies as they did! A bit OT, but there's a Chiropractor in Scottsdale who I went to for a while that used to work on some major athletes (lots of autographed pics etc. on the walls). He was actually a great source of tips/tricks (he was quite the god/adonis himself ) in regards to recovery etc. I would go in there just to look at him though....

Keep us posted on the progress, it seems its coming quickly!

Trac'