It’s been a couple of weeks since I started going to the gym. I figured I would give an update and some thoughts on my progress.
I had my second session with the trainer the workout was the same as the last workout. Afterwards he tried to sell me a package. I can’t knock him doing his job but I don’t think that I going to hire the trainer though. I’m a DIY type of guy and I get the thrill of learning new things and processes. Additionally, I just don’t think hiring a trainer fit into my health and fitness goals. The main reason I’m using the gym is as intermediary between now and I get healthy. I’m hoping by the time the weather breaks I will be healthy enough to get back to running and doing CrossFit. I wish I didn’t have to spend the money on the gym but my Achilles tendon is so damn iffy and I can’t pull myself to pay that hot 120-160 dollars a month for a service that I can’t even use to its fullest potential. I know many of my CrossFit friends will say something like, you can modify to compensate for my Achilles, I know I could but I know myself and I will end up not modifying my exercises and probably hurt my Achilles even more.
The other day I stepped on the scale and I’m 10 pounds away from my original starting weight. When I saw the weight I just shrugged and shook my head. I told myself that this has to stop; I need to do whatever I can to prevent this from happening again.
At the gym I’ve been doing mostly function fitness. I get all of my cardio from the C2 rowing machine. I usually do some type of intervals like Tabatas or 1 min on 20 second off. There have been days where I’ve rowed 2-3 miles straight and let me tell you that shit was brutal. I was thinking that I should do C25k intervals on the rowing machine just to give me a format to follow. After the rowing machine I usually alternate between upper and lower body and I do some type of ab work every day. Eventually I will make a work plan in November. However for now I just want to give myself some time to settle in and not rush the process. I have to be cognizant of my shoulder and neck injuries from the car accidents and now my Achilles tendon… Man, I’m falling apart…
That’s all I have… Until next time.
