Personal Trainer

I would like to recommend that everyone get a personal trainer at some point in their life. Even for as little as six weeks so that you can learn how to work out with the right weights, stances, reps, etc. I also recommend going with a group to keep you motivated. I have been a part of a work out group that share a trainer for over a year now and it is great. It is so much easier to get up early in the morning and push your body when there are three other people expecting you to be there and willing to go through the same torture, I mean workout.

I don’t want to sound all preachy but it is great. I feel such a sense of accomplishment and it really clears my head when I am all stressy about work and/or life and I have lost about 20 pounds since I started going to the gym. If that isn’t motivation to keep going … well then you just can't be motivated. Over the last year my trainer has defined my muscles, increased my endurance, and strengthened my core and abs but the most amazing thing is she got me running.

I have never been a runner, in fact the first time she put me on the tread mill she asked me “how long do you usually run for when you run Single Girl?” “I don’t run.” I replied. She laughed and started the treadmill up. Since that first triumph she has managed to make me a regular jogger thanks to her encouragement and training regiment. I am even thinking of running a 10K sometime in the future. Scary, I know.

So this morning –not only do I go to the gym I go at 7:30 before work- she decided to step it up a bit and we were pushed to muscle fatigue again, again and again for an hour. My arms, legs and back (yes I may have hurt my back again) are in pain and yet I am going back tomorrow morning for more torture at the hands of a perky 24 year old.

It is great, really … you will love it … get a trainer … it will make you feel ... ah forget it. I am going to go soak in a hot bath and drink some wine.

The Single Girl