Day 65

Today was a strange work out day. Dani was out sick so we were left without a trainer to guide us down the path of torture. You would think it would be an easy morning, right? You would be wrong. I'm going to go out on a limb here and speak for the whole group when I say we pushed ourselves harder this morning than we do on most mornings. Dani left instructions at the front desk. We were to do 30 minutes of cardio upstairs on the machines and then another 20 minutes downstairs. I started off on the treadmill on some crazy uphill course. I meant to choose the program with 3 hills but have no idea what I ended up with. There were hills but they were different sizes and I was on them for different lengths of time. Anyways, that is beside my point. What I really want to get to is the part where I was jogging. Ok, so it was only for 30 second intervals but it was a jog none the less. If anyone had told me back in February that I would be able to jog on a treadmill, I would have laughed right in their face. Yet this morning, I found myself doing just that. BUT the fun didn't stop there. After our upstairs time, we headed down to complete a couple of circuits. Once again, you would think that we would go easy on ourselves. And once again, you would be wrong. For the first round, we picked stairs, the ropes and step ups. Oh yes, I said we PICKED these. I have no idea what is wrong with us. And if that was not enough, we chose planks, leg lifts and wall squats for the second round. We all pushed ourselves to the very end. Most mornings it is great to have a trainer but I noticed this morning that when I do, I just tend to do what they ask and not much more. When I have to workout without someone watching, it is easier to push myself. I think deep down, I am a still a little afraid of embarrassing myself in front of the trainers. As much as I love Dani, I hope we get to workout alone again.