Workout Meets Reality III

I have been prone to saying recently to people that I am a "recovering bodybuilder". Those who know me or know of my path are aware of my years in the "hell realm" of the McGloboFitness World. And while I was not doing anything intentionally wrong or deceitful those years I was fundamentally wrong - for I had bought into and was selling the McGloboFitness philosophy and programming. It is time for me to return to the fundamentals. To squat, bench, press, clean and dead.

Perhaps the musing I wrote that got Clar and I kicked out of Aspen Athletic Club, denied membership at the Rockwell Employee's Recreation Center and then kicked out of the MAC was the spark. People have said to us that the owners and management did us a "favor" and I agree with my wife that it was not a favor. Being lied to and about seriously messed me up for a long time. I don't want a favor bestowed upon me like that ever again.

(I have a dirty little secret... I did the training to teach BodyPump. I thought that it would perhaps be a gateway for people to get into the weight room but honestly BodyPump is a complete waste of time. It's flawed programming. And it hurts people. It is not fundamentals, it is FUNdamentals and there is a big difference)

I still feel I have the strength that has seen me through 27 Ironmans, UltraMans, double and triple ironmans and years of running. I am turning to the weight room to find that strength. I have asked Ken McClelland to be part of that process.

So anyway... back to reality. There is no leg press in real life. No leg extension. As a bodybuilder I did plenty of leg press and hip sled and yes, I could do a lot of plates and reps but it made me little girl weak. Maybe not physically but it made me little girl weak mentally. How many times have you asked or been asked "how much does the carriage weigh on the hip sled?". No one knows. And it doesn't matter. An Olympic bar is 45 pounds and plates are clearly marked. That's reality.

I have been Personal Training for a good number of years. Very few ever reach the goals they express to me because they aren't will to commit. Or follow the plan they asked me to provide them.

So this morning I got under the bar with the help of Ken McClelland. Clar and I have done some sessions with him and he knows about strong. I don't. So I asked him if he would train me. To be blunt, he knows his shit. He also lives his practice.

He gave me a program for the next month. I squatted today, lunged, extended, as he told me. I won't as some of clients have done with me only do part of the workout because to do so would be disrespectful to all involved.

I'm lifting 4 days a week. I will lift on the days he specified, next Friday, September 10 I will need to get up at 4 AM to lift as I am going out of town. To miss a day would be disrespectful to all involved and simply show poor planning on my part. My goal is to make every workout he has written for me. It will take sacrifice.

I'm going to eat right because if I don't I'm disrespectful to all involved and my workouts are going to suck.

I have committed to 11 weeks - Ken gave me the first month of workouts today. He told me to call him if I had questions. I will. I don't know how many times I have asked my clients to keep in touch and I never hear from them.

I have committed to 11 weeks - I am not going to change plans in the first month and tell Ken that now I want to do something else. It would be disrespectful to all involved.

I have committed to 11 weeks of meeting with him twice a week. I will be on time, warmed up and ready to go. If not am I being disrespectful.

And the first 11 weeks is only the beginning.

I have never done less than 10 reps my entire life. Today I did 8 x 3 for squats as part of my workout. It's a start.

Friday is going to be awesome! More later...