I wasn't going to do a second post today...

Tonight I willingly (I have to add) attended an exercise  a torture session.  It had to do with core strength or something and it was comforting to see I wasn't the only unfit beginner there tonight. 

And I had high hopes when we just started.  We had to take 11 steps (for the beginners.  The pros had to take 5 steps) and then lunge (was that the term?) and I think I did okay.  The trainer didn't have to correct my posture.  So I thought "hey, this is not so hard".  Yeah right.  That was just to get us all on their side.  The second activity we had to walk a number of steps and then do a push up.  The down bit was fine, the up not so much!  We did a few more things and then we had to walk up a hill.  And I looked at it and thought "oh that's not too bad.  That's just a little hill" - except it wasn't so little.  By that time, my legs felt like jelly.  And the one lady mentioned that at least I was still smiling to which I replied that I didn't have the energy to remove the smile...  We did a number of other things, but I can't remember what they were called and the trainer kept calling out the names of the different muscle groups - some of which I've never even heard of.  I think tonight I have discovered muscles in places I didn't know existed.

But even though it was hard, it was actually not that bad.  I found the trainer to be really flexible and making allowances for super unfit people like me.  And I coped (even though by the end of it I was ready to be done).  He did say after 3 sessions it will start getting easier.  I'm looking forward to that!