Last night I had my first ever training session with Caroline. Caroline and I have hit the climbing gym before but we’ve never actually had a workout together. We had a blast (or at least I did – will have to see what C has to say about that when she posts!) 
We had a joint session with Devin so we met up at the gym for the warm up and then it was time to hit the weights. Is it wrong to say you had “fun” at a training session? There was lot’s of hard work – absolutely! But we had some good times and good laughs too. Devin decided it would be a good idea to put us through a full body workout so we went through two circuits of squat presses, lunge curls, push-ups, row-boats, reverse push-ups thingys (I am sure there is a technical name for these), back extensions, a couple of practice pull-ups for me and finally some stretching. It was a moderatly tough workout but not TOO bad. I thought I might be a little sore today but surprisingly I’m pretty good. My glutes feel a bit fatigued but that’s a good thing – they could use some work!
Caroline makes a great workout partner. She’s got a great attitude, and is a great cheerleader. We did largely the same workout with some modifications thrown in to meet our specific needs but for the most part the same workout. It was great because it meant that we could cheer each other on and bring in that healthy competition to do “just two more!” Caroline was a rockstar – moving through the sets with no problem (or so she made it seem). She compared us to the tortoise and the hare – i was the tortoise, a little bit slower on the reps. Devin even did a lot of the exercises with us which is very motivating and adds to the fun factor (but also tough – especially when he says “ok – stay with me now!” At one point I said “if you want me to stay with you you’re going to have to slow down!”) He’s a great trainer and good at getting us to push ourselves to our maximum which is just what we need. The fact that he’s fun too is a great bonus.
Can’t wait for our next workout together C! We’ll have to get together and do a few in between to keep the motivation high.
on Mar 8th, 2010 at 11:56 am
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