this week, i am trying a new gym: forged fitness. it's the same gym where paige & paul train, in the crossfit program (they have other programs like martial arts). i get three free sessions before i decide if it's something i want to pursue (i still have a week free voucher from o2 fitness i won in a raffle at church). yesterday was my first one. drew is my coach and paul, now certified, is my co-coach/cheerleader.
*day 1: i warmed up by running around the building 3 times..man, i am out of shape because i could barely make it around the 3rd time! :( Then, we played a "game". game, my ass. the game consisted of 3 rounds of 30 step-ups, 5 push ups, 10 sit ups and 10 ball squats each. it sounds easy, but it wasn't. step-ups are not regular box step-ups. these, you stand at the top of each step and push your hips forward), the push ups were the knee kind, which made it easier but still hard when you're trying to go fast!. the sit ups were not "normal". you put your legs in the butterfly position with your shoulders on the floor. you do a sit up but it doesn't count unless you sit straight up. and these ball squats...were tough to get a handle on. i'm used to squats that you sorta lean forward..with these, you curl your toes up so that your weight is forced back on your heels. then you push your hips/butt back (like you're sitting down) and down to touch a medicine ball with your butt..using your arms to keep your balance. it took me 10 minutes to do 3 rounds. after the second, i thought about giving up...the idea of doing 30 more step-ups wasn't my idea of a good time..but i did it! i would've been mad if i had quit.

i'm a little bit sore, mostly from the push ups because i stretched my legs quite a bit afterwards...it was fun. friendly faces since i've met quite a few of the members at social functions for the bsd's and paul's birthday. plus, it's a way for me to spend more time (at least in the same space) with paige (& paul). i go again tonight at 7...drew said it's better to go back-to-back so that i don't get as sore. i tried to get some details from paul but all he told me is that we wouldn't be doing the same thing as yesterday. i imagine there's some rowing and kettle bell lifts in my future. :) and, as much as i hated it, i'm actually looking forward to going back tonight...am i crazy or what?! ;)

*day 2: i actually made it around the building 3 times...i was gonna go around for 4 but i didn't want to push it too hard & if i had known what the workout was, i definitely wouldn't have gone 4 times. 4 rounds of: 300m rowing, 10 lunges, 12 wall balls, and 15 kettlebells. rowing on the machine was tough, since we were going for speed. lunges to the wall. wall balls were the squats i did yesterday coupled with throwing and catching a medicine ball above the line on the wall (that was tough). kettlebells are squats with a kettlebell and then swinging it up over your head and then back down. they had to decrease my weight in the balls and bells. i only made it through 3 rounds which i'm kinda disappointed in, but i also didn't want to kill myself! i don't know my time but i know it wasn't fast considering i was doing the class with 2 fit men (father and son) who were able to get through their 4 rounds. i didn't watch them much because i didn't want to get more flustered. i'm alive, but my quads yell at me everytime i walk down the stairs or sit down! today is my off day...and boy do i need it?! i didn't sleep well last night at all, and i have my interview tomorrow morning so i need to be well-rested. we'll see what day 3 will hold tomorrow night. paul won't be there b/c he has band practice...but, i'll be okay. i just want to get the techniques down well enough before i really try to go for time.