Trainer Week 3

So far I have learned a lot from my trainer. When you go to the gym it is key to do strength training aka weights twice a week, or every other day. The other few days it is important to do at least 45 minutes of cardio. That's the schedule you should try to keep.

This week with the trainer, we did a lot of things that made me feel the burn.... like pull ups!! It was painful and I was sore for the next 3 days! But being sore is good! It means I am gaining strength.

First I did some lunges with weights. I did side kicks in between the squats.



Then there was squats with a medicine ball. I had to squat and touch my butt to the little stool. Then jump as high as I could, raising the ball above my head.



These are action shots....






Then I did step ups. I had to step up onto the red stool and once I was standing straight, lift the 10 pound weights above my head. 10 step ups per leg. It burned my arms more than my legs. Which may have been the point :)



After that I did a whole bunch of pull ups. (OUCH.)

There is a pull up machine, with three different grips. I had to do 10 of each grip. 2 times through. It was rather difficult!! After I was done with those, I did some leg lifts. (Thank god it didn't have to do with my arms!) After that was done I was pretty beat. So I went to my favorite stretcher machine and it was great :)

3 weeks down, 2 weeks to go!