BovaJP
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- Feb 15, 2013
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OH boy, this past week was truly a valid reason I use a personal trainer.
I've had a personal trainer now (same one) for about 3-4 yrs now. I love her. Normally we train 3x's week but this past year i had my RC repair surgery so we took that down to 1 a week and we did legs lol. So all year, i've been still training in the gym on my own 4-5x's/week but only once with her.
Well i've been doing a workout that i had changed up every 4-5 weeks or so. And with my injury and me training to get my strength back, i'm very conservative when it has been coming to increasing weight/knowing when to increase, etc.
I had been doing deadlifts at 135# and felt really good and was afraid to increase. Well a couple weeks ago, i took it up to 155# and felt good.
This week I was with my personal trainer, and for some reason the 135# felt light so I was doing lots of reps. She put more weight on and was still doing lots of reps. She said i'm ready for 225#, so loaded it up. Boy was she right. Cranked out some reps no problem. Had great momentum going, but got a foot cramp and i had to stop LOL. I could have still went, i had more reps in me. I was bumming.
I think it must be a female thing....we are hard on ourselves, we don't push ourselves like we should or whatever the reason it is all mental. Because clearly i was physically able to do it. There is something to be said in working with a personal trainer and having more self confidence in handling the weights that they give you.
KUDOS to my personal trainer!!!! Well worth the $$ I give her.
I've had a personal trainer now (same one) for about 3-4 yrs now. I love her. Normally we train 3x's week but this past year i had my RC repair surgery so we took that down to 1 a week and we did legs lol. So all year, i've been still training in the gym on my own 4-5x's/week but only once with her.
Well i've been doing a workout that i had changed up every 4-5 weeks or so. And with my injury and me training to get my strength back, i'm very conservative when it has been coming to increasing weight/knowing when to increase, etc.
I had been doing deadlifts at 135# and felt really good and was afraid to increase. Well a couple weeks ago, i took it up to 155# and felt good.
This week I was with my personal trainer, and for some reason the 135# felt light so I was doing lots of reps. She put more weight on and was still doing lots of reps. She said i'm ready for 225#, so loaded it up. Boy was she right. Cranked out some reps no problem. Had great momentum going, but got a foot cramp and i had to stop LOL. I could have still went, i had more reps in me. I was bumming.
I think it must be a female thing....we are hard on ourselves, we don't push ourselves like we should or whatever the reason it is all mental. Because clearly i was physically able to do it. There is something to be said in working with a personal trainer and having more self confidence in handling the weights that they give you.
KUDOS to my personal trainer!!!! Well worth the $$ I give her.