Week 8: Overcoming barriers

Current Weight: 111.4kg

I have just come home from my first STEP class and I made it though the whole session! I did set the bar low, and thought if I could make it through half the class that would be good and any more was a bonus. Admittedly, I was totally uncoordinated and probably did less work than the others as I tried to figure out the moves and combinations. I also only did the lower impact options, but I was moving for the whole hour.
This week I also had a PT (Personal Training) session with Tracey and I got over some barriers that I thought I couldn't push my way through. I find it hard to jog so on the treadmill I always up the level of incline to give myself more of an aerobic work out. I've never gone passed level 5 for speed, as I felt I would have to jog, but Tracey pushed me up to level 5.5 which I could do without jogging. Step-ups have always been part of my program but on the lowest level. Tracey pushed me to step-up to the the highest level, as well as carrying 6kg dumbbells in each hand!
On Saturday I had a great small group training session with Jesse. It helped that there was someone new to exercise in the group and I realized that 8 weeks ago, that was me, struggling though the circuit and maintaining repetitions. It made me realize how far I have come with my fitness.
I have always loved the water and enjoy my laps of the pool. However I have trouble keeping count of the laps that I do. I was given a great idea by a friend who sings a song beginning with A for the first lap and works his way through the alphabet. This has worked well. By the time I get to Z, I have done 26 x 50m or 1.3kms. This takes me about 45 minutes and then I spend 15 minutes doing exercises that work my abs. I found that there were some letters I struggled to find a song (you wouldn't believe some of the songs I resorted to) so suggestions for hard letters,such as K, X or Z or just some great songs to swim to, would be much appreciated.