I almost cried working out last week. I had not been back to the gym since then (not because of the incident, because of my own scheduling issues). Today I went back, met with my trainer and she told me to meet her over by the weights. My stomach dropped. Weights? No. no, I don't lift weights, lifting weights does not seem like a beginner friendly endeavor, I'm just barely getting comfortable using the machines without my trainer there.
I did barbell rows! I did barbell thrusters! (The tiny 20 and 30 pound barbells are quite cute) I did push ups from a weird standing leaning position! I did tricep exercises. So many tricep exercises! I almost did weighted squats with some weird machine, but I felt like I was going to fall off/out of it so I did not do those things. I did 30 seconds of jumpy toe touches that made me feel like a dressage horse. I did 30 seconds of medicine ball throwing with lunges. I did 30 seconds of exercise ball squats. I did most of those things with weights. Yes. I had to stop. I have been feeling quite poorly today ( I went to the gym anyway!) I did all three sets and did all but the last 15ish seconds of the squats before I felt like I was going to pass out and had to stop.
Even though I didn't make it to the gym this weekend, I did start an 8 week beginner's yoga series on Saturday. I'm really hoping that the hurricane doesn't interfere with this Saturday's class. The breathing work seems to have helped a lot with the weighted stuff I've been doing.
So, I did it. I failed, but I didn't give up. I failed again in some ways, but I have a clear line for where my limits are. I have no doubts that my breaking point today is far higher than it was a month ago. It's probably even higher than it was when I was riding horses a couple of times a week, doing manual labor in the theatre, doing heavy barn work, and walking a couple of miles to and from classes Monday-Friday.
You guys were incredible on my last thread, and I'm so glad to have found this community. I think it's contributed so much to my early success this time around.
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