All this and rug burn too

Paul's special kind of torture kicked in again tonight, combining cardio and weights with squats, jumps and the wobbly BOSU.  It was actually kind of fun.  He has taken quite a liking to the rowing machine - doing 350 m sprints and he keeps lowering my time - it started at 1:35, then went to 1:27 and tonight he helped me do it in 1:18!!  It is a killer hour with him, but I am finding that it isn't so much the weights that are killing me - it is the cardio.

Tonight's work out was so hard that he actually told me NOT to do cardio when we were finished.  That he thought I had worked hard enough to earn a night off (which actually means that I have to come in and do cardio on the weekend), but I don't know if I could have done it anyways.  This one was super tough - but this is what I signed up for right?

I did ask him how my competitors were doing, and he said they were doing well - so that just pushes me harder.  There is one guy in the competition - the rest are ladies - but he weighed over 500 lbs at the start of the competition.  Paul is his trainer, so I know he is getting worked hard, but he has already lost a significant amount of weight from the sounds of it.  No worries...he doesn't have this all wrapped up....plus I am really starting to look forward to going to the gym (did I just say that???).  Don't get me wrong, I am behind in everything, have very few groceries and have basically given up on dating for the time being - but it is already getting easier to arrange my schedule, so a few more weeks and it should be a breeze...they say 21 days makes a habit right??

The funny part of my session tonight was the cool down where we focus on the muscles that are giving me trouble...tonight it was one right above my knee.  Paul's solution was to get an over sized rolling pin and have me basically roll back and forth over it while I lean on my elbows on the manky Athletic Club carpet.  So there I am merrily rolling away when I realize that my elbows are sore....yep, got me some rug burn on my elbows.  Hopefully it isn't bad enough to stick around (it burned in the shower though...uh oh) - or I am going to have some explaining to do to people who don't read this!!!

Tomorrow marks 7 days from my last weigh in (which you will remember did not go according to plan).  I am torn as to whether I want to weigh in or not.  Guess you will have to wait and see...