My Journey With Health And Fitness – A Surprisingly Good Workout

Wahoo, no rain today so didn’t have to do the dreaded treadmill. Instead after my workout I bundled up and headed to the beach. Really glad I did bundle up because when I started out there was a nasty wind. It got even worse down at the beach and especially along the pier. Fortunately it improved when I was heading back home but all in all a good walk.

Today at the fitness centre it is supposed to be HIIT Cardio with Phaedra. I have never felt her classes were cardio, they were more about strength with some HITT cardio slipped in. Don’t get me wrong, I love her classes because she is one of those instructors who is always about form and making sure you do the movements properly. Please don’t take that as the other instructors don’t do the same, it is just Phaedra is super focused on how you do things

When I got there this morning the whiteboard listed what we were doing. I told her from that list I couldn’t determine what weights I needed. She explained we would be doing ‘stations’ so I didn’t need to set up weights or my mat. When we got started (after a unique band warm up) she ran us through the stations and I thought hmm, not really much of a challenge. Boy was I wrong.

Pretty much every exercise today was unique, ok maybe not the stabilizing ball ones, but certainly the other 6. I kept to my commitment of never using an unweighted barbell and by the 4th round I was really feeling it. As a matter of fact, by the 4th round I was sweating away and my heart rate was really up. I thought, how did I underestimate this but apparently I did.

At the end of the class I thought, wow that was a really good workout. This was proven when I got home and looked at the calories I had burned. I realized it was a surprisingly good workout and that at times pushed me to my limits but I got through it. The end result was I have felt so awesome all day.

You know what, I like working out. Not sure how I got here but I did. Here’s hoping I get some more surprisingly good workouts.