Program Day!!

Lynn picked me up at 9:15 and we were off. Both a little nervous about starting the new program, and the fitness assessment...how could I have forgotten that? Whose bright idea was it to have a fitness assessment done??? Rick told us to warm up on the treadmill for 5 then he'd come over, he did, and told us to run for 12 minutes. Sounded pretty easy. So the "princesses" he spoke of last week who came to the gym all made up and couldn't sweat, obviously were not us. I was sweating like a little piggy. Next we headed to the little sound proof room, where "no one hears you scream..." and began part 2 of the assessment. First up. Push-ups. As many as you can do in a minute. We did not too bad. Then sit-ups, same drill. Only too bad for us, cuz he actually meant good old fashioned all the way to the floor and all the way up sit-ups. Holy Nelly! I haven't done a real sit up since middle school! We got through the rest of the excercises, then on to the weight and measurement portion of our show...we felt that surely, THIS would make Rick crack a smile. But he was very kind, kinder than his scale, I might add. Lynn decided that we should conduct our own little "assessment"...see how many times we could get Rick to laugh...that was definetly a highlite for me. We worked our way through the 3 days of workouts he'd prepared for us, and discussed our results at the end. I think it went pretty well actually. And hey, we were there. I'm kinda proud of that Lynn & me. We're gonna be just fine.



Oh ya, and while we were doing our 12 minute run, we decided that we should blog a list...top ten excuses why we can't go to the gym...here goes:



10. I don't have proper shoes.

9. I forgot to bring my proper shoes.

8. I forgot my water bottle....that doesn't actually work, cuz Linden just gave me another one.

7. I got my period. (that's pretty much a blanket one that works for any occasion)

6. Rick scares us.

5. I'm too embarrassed after the "posing as a triathlete incedent".

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Well I guess things are looking up cuz I can't come up with anymore...I'm sure they'll come to us! (must have been real tired after the workout, because I'm just finishing this post at 11:00 pm on Tuesday!)