Day 16

[susandennis]

I did my usual - 25 at 25 and the exercises - still not the most that Jerome wants me to do.  I think we're going to have to come up with a more appealing routine.  I think I want more machines.  I was watching a woman today as she went from machine to machine and it looked interesting.  Wonder why he's avoiding me on the machines.  I like the one he did give me.  We shall discuss on Monday.

We set up for Monday at 3 and after I got home, I realized that 3 wasn't the best.  The Mariners season opener is at 3:30 and I have a conference call from 2-3.  So I left him a message asking if there wasn't a better time.  He picked 1:15 which is not great but better.  This will be our first paid session.   He charges $55 an hour.  He was uncomfortable talking money and said he would only charge me half that.  I think, probably, we will take about a half our and I'll pay him $35.  Cash.  I think that's fair and will work fine.

I did try a different treadmill for the last 10 minutes.  There are six treadmills.  3 are the track kind - little lights that go around a track on the display.  1 is real different and I don't know what it does and I've never seen anyone on it.  And 2 are the regular ones.  I'm good on the regulars but I got tempted by the track one.  I gave it 10 mins. I'm over it.

The yakkety yak grunt guy was there when I first got there.  He was chewing the ear off the guy at the reception counter and then he came back and did one machine for a very loud grunt/count of 5 starting with 5 which cracked me up and then he left.

If I get on the treadmill and start at minute 15 and go for 25 can I count that as 40 minutes?  I totally did no know that!!

Comments

[sea-weed.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if the machines are like those at the gym I go to, but if they are, they generally just isolate one muscle and work it, whereas the exercises make you use quite a few muscles at one time, stabilizers for balance and so on... so basically with the exercises you're getting more muscle working value packed into the same amount of time.

[susandennis]

Interesting... The machines are those giant natilus (sp?) things that do, indeed, appear to work on one bit at a time. So, I'll bet you are 100% right. Poop. Oh well, I'll try to love them :)

Thanks.

[sea-weed.livejournal.com]

Not to say that the machines aren't fun and don't do anything, they still are good in many ways, but my guess is Jerome's a pretty good trainer and giving you the better exercises rather than just palming you off onto the machines. Definitely give them a whirl - I'm sure he'll be able to suggest which ones are best.

[susandennis]

Thank you. I'm very clueless about this and I so appreciate your filling in the confusing bits!