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[bluster]

Whose bright idea was it that I should start exercising? Whoever came up with that lame ass idea should be shot. Oh wait...yeah, I'm the idiot who came up with that idea. Since I'm not going to shoot myself I suppose I'll just have to grumble and whine a bit instead. Except that to be honest I'm really not going to grumble. Whine, yes, but

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[lovekeller]

My trainer used to tell me that if I didn't have problems getting off the toilet the next day then I wasn't working hard enough. I do remember that pain, though I haven't worked out in over a year.

[bluster]

Really? Wow. To be honest I don't want to be in that kind of pain most of the time. I think there has to be a happy medium where I know I'm going to be uncomfortable after a heavy workout and not being sure I'll be able to get up off the pot. For one thing I live alone and I don't think my cats will give me a helping paw. *g*

[shayheyred]

See, my trainer would never say something like that to me, because he recognized straight off that if I were in pain exercise would have a negative connotation for me. So he concentrated on upper body and core stability exercises and cardio until I lost enough weight that exercise wasn't as painful.

[bluster]

To be honest I'm not sure Scott has ever worked with someone as fat and out of shape as I am. This means a bit of a learning curve for both of us. I think he's being easy on me in some areas and maybe pushing a bit hard in others. It's important that I be proactive and speak up if I think he's asking me to do more than I can do without being really sore. The problem is I don't want to be a wuss either. But I do know that lunges are something I'll start doing again once the soreness is done but instead of 20 I'll do 5 or 10.

[shayheyred]

::nods:: Yeah, that makes sense. My trainer actually specializes in "middle-aged couch potatoes," which is how I described myself when I was looking for a trainer. It's funny-- I could probably work with a more traditional workout guy now, but I'm loath to change. Besides, everytime I say, "Oh, that's easy!" he busts my ass with something new and difficult.

[bluster]

Living where you do you have a wide range of options. Living in the middle of Nebraska I feel lucky to have found anyone at all. I would love to have a trainer who specialized in middle-aged fat chicks but I'd have to drive to Lincoln or Omaha to find that and even that would be iffy. I think Scott is good. He just needs me to be honest with him about what I can and can't do and as time goes on he'll get a good base line of my abilities. I just have to be prepared to be extra sore from time to time.

In an odd sort of way being that sore felt good. Not because I'm a masochist but because I knew I'd really worked. But it's still not something I want to have to live with very often.

[shayheyred]

Well, you deserve a round of applause and a massage in addition to all that achiness for the accomplishment. And you're right -- you will start to ease up as you go along.

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[bluster]

::Takes a bow::