learn something new every day

Yesterday was my first day meeting with a personal trainer. I was skeptical to say the least because when I go to my gym I see the trainers working with primary an older clientele but this girl whooped my butt. I was doing 100 reps of every exercise on leg day, no longer getting sore and yesterday was so basic and I am having trouble getting up off my desk chair! I learned a lot so far, like HIIT cardio on the stair climber vs the boring treadmill or elliptical. I learned how to slow down each rep and how refraining from locking my joints will utilize the muscle more so! I also learned how to breath while doing each rep and between sets. It's not even how much you do its how you do it. I got my measurements done and went home to take progress photos. I plan to post them every two weeks so stay tuned! Please keep in mind that I will be in minimal clothing and these pictures are solely professional and for my benefit. You will also see me doing some poses I will need to do on stage for my competition come June. I cannot wait to meet up with the trainer again on Friday. We are going to split our two sessions a week between upper body and lower. Today I'm going to go back and do some more cardio that I actually enjoyed. My record so far is 30 minutes! Accomplishments already LOL. I was telling a friend before I started my training session that I signed up because I need someone to keep me going and critique me... a person I've blogged about before to say "pick up the pace tubby!". Although I don't expect any trainer to yell those things at me I did check my phone to change the music and saw a text from my friend saying "GO tubby! :)" and I could not help but laugh. Yesterday was a great start, a pleasant surprise and definitely motivating to go back and see more results. Now, to just get my diet under control and I will be set. Still waiting on that 6PackBag purse/lunchbox to come out this month!