Personal Training NYC ClientE

Exerciseradio.com ROCKS!!!!!! My computer and my spin bike and I am set! Loving it…thanks Terri!

I believe I started training with Terri for a reason. She has taught me so much in the last couple of months. I started training with her to get to the next level of fitness but didn’t realize I needed her advice and experience mentally as well. She has opened my mind to many different aspects of my life. Terri not only teaches you how to exercise and diet she also teaches you that you are the only one that can control your life and your happiness.

Training has been going great. We started boxing which is a nice change and a great workout. I still hate those pushups but I am realizing that I hate them around my 20th rep instead of my eighth :-). I definitely feel that I have gotten stronger and I look forward to every session to challenge myself. I am starting to feel that my mind and body are getting in tuned with one another and I am starting to see changes which is exciting. I am able to focus better and work through harder exercises without giving it too much thought. I went through a whole workout with Terri last night and not once did I say to myself that I couldn’t do this. I just did it!

I am noticing that each and everyday you break through a wall and learn more about yourself than you had realized. I have a lot yet to learn and experience. Someday I hope to have it all figured out but for now being 25 sucks!

o Terri is on vacation this week and I am on my own!! Two weeks until I am in a wedding so there can’t be any slacking off! I figured since I am not training with Terri this week I am going to cut out bread and only have fruit and veggies as a source of carbs. I need all the energy I can get on the days that I train with Terri.

Day two is going great so far. I took a spin class yesterday and today I did upper body with intervals of running for 3 minutes in between. I was sweating! I have to tell you that it was very hard today to drag my ass to the gym in this lovely NY weather but once I got myself there I was ready to workout.

I am hoping to just get the bloat out by the time the wedding comes. Hopefully it works!!!

I did some more boxing drills with Terri last night and they really kicked my ass! I hadn’t received my boxing gloves yet so we couldn’t get into it too much. I can tell just from the drills that it is going to be a great workout and I probably will be cursing the whole way through it. I am looking forward to learning more next week. Terri really knows her stuff!

I am proud of myself that I worked out all five days this week and stuck with my 4 egg whites for breakfast…YUM! I see that Terri snuck some workouts into my calendar :-)~. Unfortunately, I won’t be around all weekend but Sunday I might be able to sneak a workout in somewhere. On Monday though its back to the gym! Oh, but lets not forget that its still egg whites all weekend long!

So it’s been awhile since I last wrote. It’s hard to keep up with blogging when there is so much other stuff you need to get done. But I do like being able to collect my thoughts and really think about my progress. I did get measured last week and it went ok, I guess. I lost 3 inches but I just don’t feel much of a difference. I guess no one is really happy with their results. I know I have to really focus on my eating and become bored with food so I don’t look forward to eating..lol.

I started boxing with Terri which I think I am really going to enjoy. It seems like it is going to be a challenging workout. But I hope not as challenging as those damn pushups! Yup, I still hate them! :-)

Last night was my first session back with Terri since I was sick for a week. I am so sore today! I guess there isn’t remorse for the clients that were out sick. :-)~ She surprised me with 3 sets of 30 pushups. If by the last set you can even call them pushups. My chest and arms were so numb I had to use my elbows to get off the floor after the third set. Hysterical I must say. I don’t think I have ever done 10 real pushups in my life and now I am doing 90! I was ready to hit the showers after the pushups.

Terri says it doesn’t matter what they look like right now it just matters that you do them even if you fall on your face. NO waiting and procrastinating, JUST DO IT and get it over with! And then she said, with a smile of course, “because you are going to do them”. I guess I have to stop dreading them and just do them without my mind stopping me. Hopefully Thursday my mind will say “JUST DO IT” instead of “PAIN”.

So after my 5 day vacation I found it very hard to think I still had the strength for my workout with Terri last night. It never fails that as soon as I walk in her studio and get on the bike I have this burst of energy and can’t imagine why I felt like not working out 10 minutes before. I swear Terri’s spirit and energy just rubs off on you as soon as you walk in her studio. I also know that part of it is my willingness to want to learn and physically get stronger but you know everyone gets a little lazy before they have to workout :-0.

I must say I am very proud of myself that in the 5 days I was off I did take three spin classes! Not so proud of the way I ate for some part of my vacation but hey I WORKED OUT!! LOL

I recently bought a spin bike and along came 6 dvd’s from the creator of the bike. I have to say the best investment I have made, besides Terri, in exercise equipment. Once I get on the bike I am motivated to workout. Even only doing 30 minutes I am drenched in sweat. I don’t dread going on the bike as much as I do having to run on a damn treadmill. That just bores the hell out of me. I really need to talk myself into getting on the treadmill and doing more than 2 miles. I guess my focus is better when I have variety in a workout and the spin bike helps me to stay focused and amused at the same time.

I have to conclude this blog by saying I am sooo happy I took the plunge to train with Terri. She truly is an amazing person and motivator. You can really trust that she knows what she is doing and is the best NYC trainer out there!

This week I’ve decided to post on the blogs simply because of the sheer amount of email that comes in from people that read them, asking me why I don’t post or comment alot…I only post or comment moderately on the blogs because I want the blog to be as much about the clients experience as possible, and since I’m the only one who knows who’s who :) and I’ll never tell… I can call out some BS or otherwise shed light where it needs to be shed.

People do want to hear about my experiences with people as I train them, and I’ll periodically add things from my point of view that are relevant - but for the most part these blogs are about how the client experiences the process with me. It’s not always scintillating reading. It IS a process. An ongoing process…there’s so much to be open to and to really GET, when a client lets down their EXPECTATION of what it should be ….and they let themselves be taught without judging every rep for a confirmation of their expectation.

I have to tell you that with ClientE I have rarely witnessed as much focus and willingness to experience the process - she inspires the hell out of me. Her results are going to freak her out, I just know it. Everytime she comes in - she looks better, a little tighter - it’s SO visible, it just confirms what happens when someone really allows themselves to be taught and they JUST DO IT. They may mess up, but they just pick themselves up, make a decision to learn from the mistake and they JUST DO IT. It shows and confirms when someones not cheating on the process. There’s no drama, it just works. Period. When the client desn’t do their end it doesn’t work. It IS that simple.

She’s just doing the work, exactly as I’m asking her to and she’s not getting in the way or allowing anything else to get in the way either. She’s got no judgement of the process, and she’s methodically doing what it takes. No genius, no magic, JUST DO IT. Consistantly.

You’re rght ClientE - YAY YOU! You’re killing it.

I had a great workout with Terri last night. I was sweating so much! I am proud to say I did 60 pushups last night….woo hoooo….GO ME!! Without Terri there I don’t think I would ever push myself that hard. Its great to know how far I can really go without giving up and if she wasn’t there telling me to keep going I am sure I would have stopped at 20..lol.

Every session I am noticing a few more reps being snuck in there..lol…and Terri acts like its nothing so I play along. Last night she said to do a 100 crunches so I played it off as no big deal. Meanwhile, I have never even attempted a 100 crunches on my own :-). It wasn’t the worst thing ever but definitely not a vacation. I have never felt a burning like that in my stomach before. I know it will be, and already is, worth all the pain to realize how far my body can go. 100 crunches for the first time was definitely a new kind of pain!!!!!

I just finished my tenth session with Terri and I am feeling much stronger than when I had started. I feel my energy level increasing as the weeks progress. I am very proud with the way I have been eating too. My mind hasn’t been stuck on when is the next time I can eat. I have been making choices that fuel my body for longer periods of time. Terri says I looked like I am sliming down, which is great to hear. The total body combos have been kicking my butt! I am definitely looking forward to next weeks workouts.