Going solo

I’m nearly out of sessions with my personal trainer. I already re-upped once, but I can’t justify re-upping again. It’s a lot of money and I need to get to the point where I’m at the gym regardless of whether I have an appointment with a trainer.

A lot of people thought I was crazy for paying a personal trainer, but I think it was worth it. I learned a lot about how *my* body works – the poor condition of my knees, for example, which my trainer was able to specifically address. I also learned proper form – many gym rats that look like they’re working hard are actually doing the exercises wrong. (One fellow turned every exercise into a back exercise).

Of course the timing couldn’t be any more challenging. This time of year isn’t optimal for starting good habits with all the Christmas partying going around. But I haven’t been invited to any parties and I figure if I can get it going now then I’ll be in a good zone as the year rolls over.

For now, I’m focusing on just showing up and doing some cardio. I did a half hour of cardio last night after work and another first this morning; I’ll do another tonight after work.

The goal is to do cardio five mornings a week and weight training four nights a week, based on the recommendation of my trainer – I’m not a morning person, so if I can drag my butt onto a machine in the morning and just get started, I’m more likely to succeed.

I have a few sessions left so I’ll have a few after Christmas. Hopefully that will get me into the zone in 2010, especially after a week of lazing around with the family for Christmas in the middle of nowhere.