Tortoise and the hare: working out with Stacey

Stacey and I had our first training session together and I have to agree with her, it feels wrong to say a workout can be fun, but it really was. I was nervous at first because I know if Stacey and I went head-to-head on any exercise she would smoke me, hands-down.

We warmed up together first which was a really nice time to catch up and talk about what we were about to endure. Then Devin walked us through our routine. I was amazed that we were doing pretty much the same exercises (thank goodness for Stacey’s memory, she listed them in her post), but Stacey had an extra variation to make it harder. Lunges, for example, Stacey did lunges with heavier weights than me and she did them on the bosu ball! She is amazing!

After getting a little more comfortable with the exercises I managed to finish faster than Stacey and she started giving me the evil eye for getting through so quickly. I assured her that it was a situation of the tortoise and the hare. You know, the tortoise and the hare are in a race and the hare thinks for sure he’ll be faster than the tortoise so he goofs off and makes stops along the way and as it turns out the tortoise wins the race! I may have been the hare in our “race” at the gym but I know Stacey will win the final race in health and fitness!

It was a lot of fun to cheer Stacey on and to have her push me through the workout. We really fed off each other and it was great energy. I know they say that having a “buddy” to do activities with can be very motivating and it really was with Stacey! I look forward to working out with her more.

If you’re trying to push yourself forward or try something new, I highly recommend finding a partner. You may find one in unexpected places!