Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Body Back session #1—the journey begins

I few weeks ago, I was certified to teach a great results-based workout program called Body Back. The class was intense while being super inspiring. It was also a wake up call that my fitness could use a little tweaking.  I want to be stronger. I want to set an example for my clients (and be able to keep up with them!).

When I asked my friend, Anne (who is a Body Back instructor in San Diego) for advice, she encouraged me to take an 8-week session from someone else first. She said that I can get better results for my clients learning more than a one-day certification can provide. I agree. So I am taking Body Back!*  This is something I am doing for myself as well as my future clients.

The first session was yesterday. It was the assessment session.  We did a weigh-in and measurements.  We also did as many each in a minute of sit-ups, pushups, bicep curls, and squats.  We also had a one mile time trial* and did a plank as long as we could. I had similar results to my assessment at my certification session (some results were better, other worse). Even though it wasn’t technically a workout, I was pretty tired by the end and I am a little sore today.
  
It was a great session and I am looking forward to going through this journey with some amazing women.  I can already see that one of the women in the session is going to push me.  She smoked me on the run and she and I both did the plank for 2 1/2 minutes.  After we were done with the planks, I said, “five minutes by the end of this?”  She nodded in approval.  I think we have a mutual goal.
I know this is mostly a running blog, but for the next eight weeks, I will be also writing about my Body Back journey.

Happy Running…(or whatever workout you might be doing) 

*I am enjoying Body Back in Yorba Linda from the fabulous Allison and Kelli.
**My mile run was my fastest mile EVER.  I ran a 6:44!  Then I spoke to not one, but two other women who also ran their fastest mile ever.  When I got home, I measured it on Daily Mile’s satellite view and it looks like we actually ran around .96 miles, which is a 7 minute mile.  It is still not too shabby!  The key is that we will run the exact same route in 8 weeks to measure our improvement.  I will be extremely happy if I improve that time at all!

3 comments:

Marlene said...

Congrats on the super speedy mile! It will be awesome to see your improvements at an assessment after the session.

Aka Alice said...

eeek... a 5 minute plank? That's tough!

All on your hands or elbows to hands?

The Green Girl said...

Aw, I'm so glad the Body Back is going well!

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