Workout high

Alert!!  Alert!!  Serious workout high!!  (Can it be called serious if you’re grinning uncontrollably??)

This morning’s personal training session was a pad workout.  I’ve been a bit eager (um, slight understatement) to try this out.  I’ve been warned several times that it’s very addicting – that people don’t want to go back to other workouts once they’ve tried a pad workout.  Well, today I found that it’s only partially true for me.  I absolutely LOVED it and I want more, more, more!!  But I’d also be reluctant to give up on the other workouts.  I want it ALL!

I told my trainer not to give up on me with the other stuff.  I don’t want to stop working on strength, etc even though I already can’t wait for another round of pad workouts!  I don’t want to have to choose.  I trust my trainer to be the expert and to know what’s best for me.

Being a newbie with combo moves, I definitely didn’t get it all right.  Sometimes I circled when I was supposed to hook or I crossed when I was supposed to uppercut.  At one point I had to tell myself not to think so hard and just keep my eye on the pads.  That helped me relax mentally and respond a little faster.  (At least it felt a little faster to me, though my trainer might disagree, haha.)  I loved that he encouraged me to hit harder – sometimes I needed that reminder because I was too focused on the combo series or watching the pads.

I was drenched when it was over but what a thrill!!  Pad workouts, oh how I love you!!

As I freshened up and got ready for work afterward, I noticed that my arms were trembling.  It was a bit comical trying to coordinate one hand holding my hand mirror and the other hand holding my eyeliner – both hands shaking at different intervals.  But I loved the evidence of a great workout!  And what a high!!