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Friday he told me that we are going to start doing planks on the floor.....no way eh!!!!!!!!!

And he is starting me doing squats without a chair with a 6 lb medicine ball.....I am scared I am going to hit the floor with that one.......My butt!!Oh my butt!!!

Today I did the bridge with my feet up on my exercise ball......Now that was a trip let me tell you....My legs and thighs were killing me!

I'm only beginning this.......I think this stuff may kill me after all!!!! :)

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<p>Friday he told me that we are going to start doing planks on the floor.....no way eh!!!!!!!!!</p> <p> </p> <p>And he is starting me doing squats without a chair with a 6 lb medicine ball.....I am scared I am going to hit the floor with that one.......My butt!!Oh my butt!!!</p> <p> </p> <p>Today I did the bridge with my feet up on my exercise ball......Now that was a trip let me tell you....My legs and thighs were killing me!</p> <p> </p> <p>I'm only beginning this.......I think this stuff may kill me after all!!!! :)</p>

Oh my trainer likes to think I'm gonna do step-ups!! Clearly he hasn't received the memo that step-ups will make me spontaneously combust! Wasn't that on my health form?!? LOL! On the plus side I wear a heart monitor that is easy to read even from a short distance... So we can agree when I need a break. ;)

Is there a pool at your gym? Can you have training sessions in the pool?

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No pool. He comes to me! :)

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Just make sure that they are taking you at a moderate pace. Some trainers get in their heads about training and don't think about where you are at the time. Good Luck!

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I do a lot of those same exercises at my weight now (pre-op) and survive: this means you can do it no problem! Good luck and don't forget Protein right after your workout to make yourself less sore the next day. I swear by Quest Bars!

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Just make sure that they are taking you at a moderate pace. Some trainers get in their heads about training and don't think about where you are at the time. Good Luck!

My trainer specializes in people like me who have had surgeries and life changing things happen to them like coma's. so he is in tune with me..I just think I am not in tune with him....I don't like to sweat, or be sore and both are happening to me..And the workouts are getting harder and harder. He smiles I swear! All in a days work right!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I do a lot of those same exercises at my weight now (pre-op) and survive: this means you can do it no problem! Good luck and don't forget Protein right after your workout to make yourself less sore the next day. I swear by Quest Bars!

Do you know my trainer....He is as mean as you are...LOL

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RJ, I thought I could never do those moves when I started. Within a couple weeks I could and they just got easier every time. I weighed about 220 at the time. I never, ever thought that exercising could be fun, but after a while it was - and I missed it if I could not! So hang in there, you can do it.

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You can do it! It does get easier with time and repetition and repetition.........lol.

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RJ, I thought I could never do those moves when I started. Within a couple weeks I could and they just got easier every time. I weighed about 220 at the time. I never, ever thought that exercising could be fun, but after a while it was - and I missed it if I could not! So hang in there, you can do it.

I will hang in there..he is bigger then me and muscle bound.....Can't imagine ticking him off...lol And good for you by the way!!!!!!!!!! Knowing someone who likes exercise, well that's a first for me....... :D

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You can do it! It does get easier with time and repetition and repetition.........lol.

You make it sound like so much fun hun.......................Thanks for that encouragement...hehehehehe

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Um..I just rejoined my gym today....and my son is a personal trainer waiting to get his hands on me...I think I will crawl back in my hole now and act like I never renewed my gym membershiP LOL maybe he wont notice. lol

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Planks are the work of the devil. I could barely roll over in bed the first couple of times I planked.

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I have to do them on my forearms because my wrists are wrecked from arthritis. But they are a great exercise.

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Um..I just rejoined my gym today....and my son is a personal trainer waiting to get his hands on me...I think I will crawl back in my hole now and act like I never renewed my gym membershiP LOL maybe he wont notice. lol

No, no, no...I am so glad I am not in your shoes.....good grief!!!!!!!!!!!!

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