Personal Training Session Number Two

Since my last personal training session I feel like I’m making good progress. I’m definitely keeping up the healthy eating better than the previous week which did see me having a takeaway. This week though there have been no takeaways in site! Yay! Go me!

My food so far has consisted of:

• Salmon, brown rice, spinach
• Soup (Vegetable/Minestrone etc)
• Tuna steak, cous, veg
• Chicken strips, veg and spinach
• Omlette
• 2 x slices wholemeal bread, ham, salad

In between meals if I get peckish I’ve been opting for fruit, carrots and hummus or a protein shake. It’s funny how differently changing my eating habits has made me feel.

I feel as though I have more energy, but I’ve also noticed an improvement in my skin too. It looks brighter!

Last week I had my second personal training session. It was very different from my first session which was just cardio.

This week was pretty tough, but still enjoyable. We worked a lot on my upper body. Activities included:

• TRX – (suspension/strength training) Basically using your own body as a weight! This type exercise allows you to work against your own body weight. First up I held onto two straps that were attached to a wall and used my own body weight to do some ‘push ups’. We then alternated this and did some ‘press up’s. These were pretty tough! I definitely found the push ups easier! Using the same straps I then did some squats.
• Battle Ropes – These ropes are super heavy! You can do lots of different types of exercises with them. The one I did was to pick the ropes up, bend my knees, raise the ropes and slam them to the floor.
• Slam ball – I really enjoyed this one! If you’re in a bad mood, this is definitely the exercise for you! The slam ball was weighted, I think it was 5kg. Whilst kneeling on the floor I had to raise the ball above my head and then slam it down onto the floor, close to my body
• Kettle bell – I found this pretty tough! Trying to make sure I was standing in the right position and swinging the bell correctly was a lot to think about. I’m not very co-ordinated!
• We then did some hamstring curls using the swissball.
• Next up was a really tough one! A stepper like no other I’ve come across before. You had to keep stepping pretty quickly otherwise you’d sink to the floor. This machine gives no rest!
• I also did some cardio on the cross trainer and treadmill

I really got sweating today, but it was all really enjoyable! My personal trainer gave my some advice about my eating habits and also helped with me with some running tips.

I mentioned that when I go running, (I hadn’t been for a while), I run for 1k, then walk/jog the rest of the way and usually do 3k. Whilst I was on the treadmill, my PT showed me what pace to go at. Last Friday night I replicated this pace and actually ran 2.16k non stop! It felt pretty good too! It wasn’t a struggle!

I have to say that I’m really enjoying these sessions. They’re helping me to get my motivation back and I’m starting to feel a bit more confident.