The greatest thing about my trainer Kenny is the intuition he has for how much to push a person.  He and I don’t see eye to eye about the types of exercises that I perform, because in all honesty his style of training sucks, but it sucks in a good way. 

Each new exercise that I am taught or asked to perform my initial reaction is “Kiss My Ass”.  Under most circumstances or situations I think that I am capable of succeeding, yet the exercises that Kenny ask me to do usually involve a compound motion or a combination of exercises which gives in my present physical situation does cause a bit of doubt.  I realize most of what I feel in my initial reaction is feeling uncomfortable in my own fat skin.  

Each time we move forward into something new, step one is my reaction, “Kiss My Ass”, followed by Kenny saying “Come On, let’s go”.  Step two is after starting the exercise I start thinking “FUCK”, this sucks.  The next step is accepting the fact that after the initial set I probably have two more sets to go.  In the end, I am always amazed by how well I am able to get through the exercise.  Furthermore Kenny has great “feel” for how many reps to perform in each set, he always sets the level of repetitions 3-5 more than I think I am capable of completing.  For this I thank him…for thinking of hard exercises to complete, he can KISS MY ASS.

Today’s workout included:

Superset 1

• Smith Press Squats 135lbs 4 sets of 15, 1 set of 20
• 30 second breaks
• Alternating Dumbbell Curls with Hammer Curl 30 lb dumbbell 3 sets of 6

3 Minute Elliptical

Superset 2

• Squat and Upright Row with 45lb Kettlebell 1 minute
• 30 second breaks
• Seated Shoulder Press 25lbs 1 set of 15, 2 sets of 20

3 Minute Elliptical

Superset 3

• Straightleg Dead Lift 85 lbs 1 minute
• 30 Second Break
• Bentover Row 50lbs Bar 1 minute

Bonsu Pushups 1 set of 15, 1 set of 12, 1 set of 10

The evil device known as a Bonsu Ball

10 Minutes of Stretching