Last night I saw a dear friend of mine who is a personal trainer, and asked her to assist me on my quest for better physical and mental health. I asked her to train me. Now I am one of those former gym rats who invented his own "routine" and was happy with the results. However, that was some time ago and I have since aged a little.
Well, yesterday I was working out at the gym doing my same tried and true "routine" when I thought to myself; "... this is not going to work". For some reason I instinctually knew that I was going to need the assistance of a professional in order to help me reach my goals:
- Better physical appearence through "body sculpting"
- Improve flexibility
- Improve my cardio stamina
Oh did I also mention that I want to shed the 20 lbs I put on over the past couple of years?
Anyway, my aforementioned personal trainer friend, Roberta Bergman, was very enthusiastic to assist me in my better health quest. See, Roberta is the owner of BodyFormula (
http://www.bodyformula.com). Roberta has been in the personal fitness business for more than 20 years. She has trained the famous and not so famous, and now she is training a slob like me.
While I have known Roberta for the past 10 years or so, I have never thought to seek out her expertise in the physical conditioning arena. I may have been too shy, or perhaps thought that there is nothing she can teach me that I didn't already know. Well, I have to say that all went out the window today as we completed our first training session just about an hour ago.
I digress to my conversation with Roberta last night. Roberta told me to meet her at her gym at 4pm (today) to have a workout based on my requirements and to later talk about nutrition. I have to admit I was very enthusiastic about my first session with Roberta because I was really looking forward to a vigorous session.
Roberta did not disappoint. She started me on an alternating series of jump rope (ok, I'm a 6'1" 245lbs guy who the closest he ever got to a jump rope was watching his sisters jump rope back in the day), and step exercises. By the time we reached 10 mins in, I was sweating like turkey on Thanksgiving day.
We then moved onto high rep, light weght training followed by abs and stretching. The entire workout took about 1 hour. But I must say, I truly didn't think I was going to make it. Roberta was patient and encouraged me every step of the way.
After the workout, we sat and talked about my eating habits. I was suprised to learn that my eating habits are not as bad as I thought. Roberta recommended a few small changes shifting the heavier meals to earlier in the day.
I will be keeping a journal of my "progress" on my blog. Please feel free to comment. I will also post:
- before, during and after pictures
- Eating diary
- Workout summary
I invite you to comment.
Bon chance....
