Jen's Blog

Life without the trainer..

Jen — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:08:02 +0000

Ok so life without the trainer is proving hard!

I managed two visits to the gym last week, but trying to remember what on earth I was meant to be doing there was a whole other ball game!

Not only did my sheet of instructions twice hit the running machine and go flying off into space, but my ability to recall what the list of exercise names actually meant was a complete no no…

Still I got my weights and fit ball and pretended to look as if I knew what I was doing. (Much to the amusement of the two girls on the rowing machines).

I was almost glad to be struck down with a sickness bug mid training week so that I couldn’t complete the three sessions. Not the right attitude I know, but running really sucks LOL.

To make up for it I’m off to the gym tonight to re run the 5k, and no matter how much of a pratt I look the 46mins will be beaten. If you are thinking that that isn’t punishment enough, then fear not. The plan is to go swimming before work tomorrow. Yes that’s right before! Crazy UK!

Over and Out

Jen

Procrastination

Jen — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:01:20 +0000

Why is there always one job that you just don’t want to do?

A typical day of procrastination…

Look at post it stuck to screen reminding you to do said job..

Switch on machine

Open said job

Make tea

Go back to said job

Minimise and open emails

Read emails about said job

Go back to said job

Phone rings

Take message

Respond to message

Eat breakfast

Remember said job

Tidy desk

Start said job

Receive email

Action email

Offer to help someone in the office

Close said job

Start new job

Remember said job

Open said job

Have lunch….

On the skive already!

Jen — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:35:04 +0000

Yes it’s week one, and yes I’m being lame already!
It’s been a week since I did any form of training, but in my defence I’ve been a wee bit poorly etc etc blah blah blah.
Still I’d well and truly run out of excuses by today, so trundled down to the gym for the third part of my programme… the full 5k
Dun dun dun…. Well it was a breeze, I don’t know what I was worried about. Started off at a fair pace, and built up to a nice sprint at the end. My time was 30mins – bingo!
Haha as if!
First up I managed to pick the only machine in the place with a dodgy clock (good one brains). Second up I still get scared running on those damn machines!!! However I managed a fast pace walk, with a rather chicken like jog at the end… 46mins is the time to beat. It is as I keep reminding myself only attempt one but still at least I didn’t do a Goody :p

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Personal Trainer - take two

Jen — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:35:03 +0000

Well its safe to say that I hurt… I hurt a lot!
Who decided that exercise was good for you? Well they lied… big time!
It’s one thing for you to have a slight ache the day after, but when that stretches to two days and interferes in my tea drinking it becomes wrongness of the highest level.
Hmm anyway so I survived the day, drinking tea like one of those nodding dogs you can buy for your car but instead of being able to veg on the sofa and recover it was time for part two of the PT pain.
What joy!
Luckily todays session was all about the legs, unluckily it once again involves balancing with weights on a fitball… enough already LOL.
Ahh to be a fly on the wall in my gym…
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Personal Trainer - take one

Jen — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:32:47 +0000

Oh.my.God
Personal trainers are evil…. Evil, evil, evil!
Due too my severe lack of fitness Alec my trainer decided that my one hour training session should be spilt into two half hour sessions… however if you think that’s a good thing, think again! Double the trauma, double the pain ;o)
Today ‘s session was focusing on the muscles in my arms… erm what muscles!?!? It involved some very delicate balancing on a fitball whilst waving weights about in the air like some mad fairy. How on Earth am I expected to do this solo without landed arse over tit on the matt? If the workout was designed as a ploy to make Jen look like an idiot… it was working ;o)
Still I survived the session in tact (although very, very feebly) and even managed to top it off with 15mins on the tredmill followed by 10mins on the bikes.
We shall see how my body copes with all this tomorrow…
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and so it begins…

Jen — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:30:18 +0000

Needless to say week one of training didn’t get off to such a good start!

After looking like a right prize turkey running up and down the roads of cloudy Charminster (well I say run but it was more of a 30 second feeble jog followed by a five minute walk) I’ve decided to not only join a gym but also enlist the help of a personal trainer.. let’s face it I need some serious help haha!

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Race for Life

Jen — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:00:14 +0000

Well I’ve done it - I’m all signed up for this years Race for Life in Bournemouth on the 22nd June. I’m not quite sure what made me do it, 1 I hate exercise and 2 I hate running! Still it wouldn’t be a challenge if it was easy now would it!

This is where the pain begins me thinks!
I would love it if people could join me/sponsor me/support me (or failing that pointing and laughing works well too).
www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/jenburbridge
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