Day Twenty Six- 1/26/11 Personal Training with Amy

Day Twenty Six: 1/26/11
New Thing: Personal Training with Amy
Inspiration: Hitting an Exercise Plateau
Cost: $50
Time: One very long hour
Bottom Line: I just know that I am going to be sore in the morning.

Don't let the picture fool you; Amy never let me touch the 5lbs weights.

 Reflection: As a Christmas gift, I received a few personal training session and today was the day of reckoning when I put them to use. I have had professional training sessions before, but this was the first time that I worked with Amy who is a fitness trainer and athletic model. Yeah, she is in good shape. She is also the first female trainer that I have ever worked with, and it was great to get her approach to lifting as a woman. I leaned alot of good exercises that I will use when I start hitting workout plateaus. I have a few more session with her and I am looking forward to them even though I am sure to be sore afterward.

One of the reasons that I like taking exercises classes or working with a trainer has to do with the discipline of following. As someone who is in a leadership position, I find that it is important to have opportunities to be lead. It serves as a reminder to not take myself to seriously. It also lets me really get into an exercise if I know that someone else is taking care of all the little details like timing and repetitions and that they will help me with form. I have learned a lot about leadership styles and techniques by being lead and it leads to being a more effective leader. And truly great leaders can tell when I need to be pushed or when I need to be told to cut back.  Ultimately, this discipline helps me remember that as a Christian, my first goal is to be a follower of Jesus and everything else will follow His lead. If I try to lead myself, I fall off the path--or pull a muscle.