I ask myself, do I have those muscles?

Just a little check in to share with you a bit about my first 30 days with Grant Smith.

Remember, Grant?

My personal trainer.

Yes, the man or psycho who inspires me to get up every morning and go the gym.

I've found muscles in my body that I am quite sure do not exist or haven't until now.  One of them.  The rhomboids.  Do you have them?  Do you know where they are?  I didn't up until recently. Yes, they in your back. They may actually keep my shoulders from shrugging or they may help them shrug.  I'm not quite sure but yesterday I did shrugs. Successfully.  

It's about form, he says, it's about pace. 

It's about time I remember I am woman. I don't have rhomboids.  Men, do.  

I love it that he counts my reps for me.  I love it that he hands me my weights. I love it that he racks them, stacks them and makes me play patty cake with them.  

I have quite a bit of fun at the gym. Grant believes it's because of his workouts he creates for me, the way he screams out "BOOM" at the end of my reps and his motivational skills.  Quite the contrary.

My mind is in training mode. I love cardio.  I am learning how to lift. I signed up for my first triathlon.  I have another century next month.  But that's not the fun of it.  It's because I EAT CARBS!

Yes, I eat carbs.  Many tell me, including Grant, "Carbs bad!"  Not me, "Carbs good...in moderation."

I am in love with pasta, brown rice, all things potato (could be the Irish in me) and I was just given the go ahead to eat them BUT not after 4 pm.  

A little known fact...they are fat.  What's not to love about fat.  Yum.  Fat creates smartness.  Do you know that if you cut out carbohydrates all together, your brain can't function?  You have a difficult time remembering things? Your body wants to move but your mind is slow? Some people have been terminated from their jobs because they aren't productive.  All because they quit eating those little carbs.  

So, I say, eat carbs.  Just remember, you have to use muscles you never thought you had and you have to increase your lifting weight so your body doesn't get used to it.  Don't be like me and say, "lower the weight."  In personal training circles, that means, "increase weight."  I like to cheat every once in awhile.  Grant doesn't let me. On a scale of 1-10 (10 meaning - STOP), I'm usually at an 8.  

Call him for a good time - Grant Smith, 509-863-4343

And, for women who think lifting weights will make you bulky or it costs too much- that is simply not true. Do you really want to end up looking like this too early? (PS, that's osteoporosis - or another term:  lack of rhomboids!)