TRX and Muscle definition

Big news! Today in my boot camp class while doing the dreaded wall sits as I ran my hand down my thigh I felt a muscle. No a real muscle - muscle definition. I rubbed it again, yep still there, "seriously is that my muscle?"  "Am I imagining this?" - nope still there. By golly I am forming leg muscles - or at least they are getting definition, woohooo!  And I lost 1.2lbs this week at weigh in = 28lbs down. Another bit of news is that Bill has joined me on this journey!  I cannot tell you how excited I am to have him along with me and not just cheering me on. He went to the gym 4x and lost 9lbs this past week. Way to go honey!!

This is a picture of my newest exercise regiment. This is TRX - Suspension Training. They just got the system at the YMCA I work at. So I tried a free half hour session last Friday to see what it was all about. (Big shout out to my friend Tara for giving me one of her appointments because they went fast & I didn't get one.) 

I got there and I saw the bar attached to the wall holding three sets of resistance bands and I immediately start thinking 1. Is that going to hold me? and 2. The other two people better be smaller than me or we are in big trouble.  I didn't know what to expect from this little half hour session. But boy was my world Rocked in that little half hour!  First, the bar held me, which is a good thing. I did find myself asking the trainer, "Are you sure this is going to hold me?" and my partner was a tiny little thing so it all worked out. Second, I have never felt my muscles work during a push up or plank like I did using the TRX. By the time I had completed 4 push up reps my arms were shaking, I mean shaking like a leaf. And that's when I knew, this was for me.

After discussing with Bill over the weekend and even though I could barely walk or get out of bed I decided to take the plunge. Today I signed up for four 1hr sessions with up to 2 other people in my group. I am super excited to see what will happen in the next month to my body & my strength. I am really trying to push my body & not get stuck in an exercise rut. I figure with all the cardio I am doing (biking, swimming & boot camp classes) I needed some muscle lifting & toning. Boy do my arm wings need this!!

Another bit of news is that I have my first open water swim clinic next Wednesday - yikes! I am already feeling scared and excited at the same time. I don't know if I am more afraid of getting tired, water going in my mouth with bugs/debris or the cold. Heck, lets be honest I am afraid of it all. What I am fairly certain is that next Wed is going to  give me a good idea of what I have to look forward to on Sept 8th. And this is going to either be a good thing or a bad thing.