April 1, 2014 – My first workout day. I went to Slimmers World Alabang immediately after my shift. They open at 7am, which means I have an hour to kill. It takes me around 30minutes to walk from my office to Festival Mall where Slimmers World Alabang is located. I’ve decided to do that as a warm up for whatever workout routine they’ll give me.
I grabbed a sandwich and a bottle of water at a nearby convenience store. I have not eaten the whole night and I’m afraid I might collapse if I don’t eat anything before working out. I managed to consume about half of the sandwich before I felt full.
Slimmers opened promptly at 7am. Around this time, there are several members waiting already. I went straight to the reception and handed my contract copy. I temporarily have to use this while waiting for my membership ID. They gave me a locker number and I headed to the ladies’ locker room to change clothes. I went back to the reception area where my figure consultant Rax is now at. She introduced me to one of the trainers there, YEH and he gave me a fitness test.
This is probably the hardest test I had to take my entire life and probably something that you have to know too. It can be very discouraging to some, but it is totally logical to go through it. Yeh started with measuring my vitals. I never thought I would let anybody, especially a man, take my vitals. I stopped doing so years ago. He logged it in this little record sheet that’s supposed to be a monitor of my progress in months to come.
After the fitness test (which I failed miserably but apparently I have excellent CORE strength), he had me do some cardio exercises for the entire session. This is to get my body used to the activity rather than exposing me to weights and everything else that might just shock me and make me quit.
So far, it was an enjoyable first day. Will come back again tomorrow for some more cardio exercises and he’ll give me my program on Thursday for our last session.
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