By the time I finished tonight’s personal training session with Jimmy, I was dripping with sweat, completely out of breath, and had burned 625 calories (in one hour and 23 min.!!).
(I actually started before our training session with 23 minutes on the stationary bike).
We quite a combination of moves tonight:
- abs with handled ball where I raised the handled ball above my head (lying on my back) and then sat up complete (legs straight out ahead of me) and then put the ball on either side of me. (2 sets of 20).
- abs that like to call “froggies” because I hold a huge balance ball between my ankles (squeezing my inner thigh muscles) while doing crunches up. No easy feat. These are grueling (3 sets of 15).
- abs – throwing the medicine ball to the ground, beginning with it over my head. (2 sets of 30).
- abs/arms – throwing the medicine ball against the wall, stepping into it. (2 sets of 30).
- arms – resistance band around a poll, punching my arms straight out (quickly)while twisting my torso to each side. (2 sets of 30).
- legs – resistance band around each foot (separately), holding on to the poll, squeezing my leg out straight behind me, then bringing it in with a bent knee. (2 sets of 30).
- and the Pièce de résistance – the ergometer.
I was on a seat, rather than a ball, as show here.
This machine is quite a killer. It seems easy enough, because you just move your arms in the same sort of motion you move your legs on a bike. But what a cardio workout!
Jimmy told me I had to keep the RPMs at 70 or above, and he had the resistance to 7. This was so tough! I was huffing and puffing when I was only 30 seconds into it. It seemed too tough, but I finally just closed my eyes and got in a zone. That’s all it took. I was rocking it. Jimmy even said how proud he was of me in that moment for pushing past my breaking point. He told me that when we had 30 seconds left he was going to up the resistance even more, and man, did he ever. I have no idea how high it was because my eyes were still tightly shut, but I know it was probably at 10 (the max). When we were done, I’d done 7 minutes of a truly intense cardio workout. It’s a good one, though, and one I’ll definitely do again.
Jimmy said that most people don’t know about this machine, so it’s usually open. I’m definitely going to try it again, although if I’m alone, I may end up putting the resistance down a bit. Or, put the tunes up high and just go for it.
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Weekly Plan Update: Taking Cammy’s advice, I decided to make dinner tonight when I got home from school. And I am so glad I did, because I didn’t get home until 8pm and I was in absolutely no mood to cook at that point. I made Scale Warfare’s Biggest Loser Baked Ziti, although in my version I used 12 oz of Dreamfields pasta, half a jar of Rago Robusto 6-cheese sauce, and it turned out to be 5 points per serving. It was delicious! Thank you to both of you ladies for helping me figure out a way to make this all work. (BTW, this recipe was so delicious that it really encourages me to go through the BL Family Cookbook that I bought and have never opened because if there are more recipes in there that are this good and this low in points, I’m sold!).
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WW Meeting Decision: There really isn’t a decision yet. I’m going to check out 2 meetings this weekend. Saturday at 8:30 and Sunday at 9am (two different centers, two different leaders). After that, I’ll decide. The thing is, WW Online is a lot cheaper, although I know the support isn’t as great. I do have you guys, though, so I am seriously considering that. If one of these 3 leaders wows me, I’ll stay with meetings, but otherwise, if they’re just mediocre, I’m going to switch to online. I’ll keep you posted.
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