I started to exercise for the first time in a long time in August 2009. It’s now been five months and I reached my goal of loosing 15+ pounds. I go to the gym nearly every day and work out for at least an hour and yet, every day, I think how am I doing this?
It’s hard to get into a routine. It’s especially hard when you have a schedule like mine where I run a small business operating 24/7, have two kids, and volunteer for a bunch of charities. Between my personal stuff and my professional life, I could be on the road all the time. So fitting it in to my daily routine is tough. It’s got to be planned ahead of time and I have to allocate the time to it.
I think the beginning was really hard. Now the actual getting to the gym seems a little easier. I try to either go in the morning, after I drop off my son at school or at night after work. There actually have been times where I would scoot out to Hicksville New York Sports Club to get in an aerobic workout.
The exercise part though seems to be getting harder and harder every day. Last night I had a session with my trainer, Dom Iadevaia. He’s really good and really patient with me. But it was tough! He had me doing pushups, sit ups, squats and walking lunges! Ouch! At the end of the workout, my whole body was burning!
And let’s talk about sweat… I hate to sweat! To me it feels dirty. When I’ve worked out in the past prior to working out with my trainer, I never sweat. And if I did, I would stop until the perspiration went away. Now, I’m a sweat machine! By the time I leave the gym, my whole body is soaked!
I also feel like I’m in pain all the time… and yet, I keep going back for more! I guess I do it because it really does help relieve stress, makes me feel good and you know what they say…. “no pain, no gain!”
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