PIVOTAL FITNESS

I REMEMBER YOUR HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE ... I WISH THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU MS JUDY. SHE HANDLES MOST OF THE GASTRIC BYPASS PATIENTS & SHE ALSO SPECIALIZES IN US OLDER FOLK, SO SHE DOES NOT TRY TO RIP YOU A NEW ONE. YEAH, SHE WANTS US TO DO THE WEIGHT MACHINES 4 TIMES A WEEK, A DAY ON & A DAY OFF. &, WE ARE GONNA TRY TO GO JUST FOR THE TREADMILL 5 OR 6 DAYS A WEEK, OR BEGIN WALKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. NATASHA, OUR POOCH, WILL LOVE THAT. RIGHT NOW, I DO 2 10-MINUTE SESSIONS ON THE TREADMILL, & 2 SETS OF 12 REPS ON 4 MACHINES. LATER, I'D LIKE TO TRY THE PALITIES OR THE PiYo (PILATIES & YOGA) CLASSES. LET ME KNOW A COUPLE DAYS AHEAD OF TIME WHEN YOU WANT TO MEET AT PIVOTAL SO I'LL HAVE THE CAR ... I KNOW THAT WORKING OUT WITH NICKY IS THE KEY TO KEEPING ME MOTIVATED ... I DO SO MUCH BETTER IF I HAVE A WORKOUT BUDDY SO I'D LOVE TO MEET UP WITH YOU. I MAY ONLY BE ABLE TO DO A LITTLE RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL BE YOUR CHEERLEADER UNTIL I CAN GIVE YOU A RUN FOR YOUR MONEY! OH YEAH, SHE SAID I WASN'T GETTING IN ENOUGH FLUIDS (ABOUT 50 OUNCES A DAY) SO MY BODY FAT % TEST CAME OUT IN ERROR. YOU WON'T GET CORRECT #s IF YOU DON'T DRINK AT 64 - 100 OUNCES A DAY CONSISTENTLY. INTERESTING. GOD BLESS YOU ... DAWN & NICK

Proud of you Lady D! I HATE GYMS Never like going, dont think I ever will. So good for you! Give me a pretty day and my MP3 player and let me take a walk. Are you and Nick going to the LCBB meeting tonight? Julie

WELL DAH-UHHH, I DID IT AGAIN ... LOST MY REPLY TO YOU. I GOTTA SAY MS JULIE, THAT I'M QUITE IMPRESSED WITH PIVOTAL ... THEY HAVE AN AMAZING AMOUNT & VARIETY OF EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, & THEY HAVE FREE 1-HOUR EXERCISE CLASSES ALL DAY LONG. THE DEAL BREAKER WILL BE THE TRAINERS. I WAS VERY EMPHATIC THAT I DIDN'T WANT SOMEONE WHO WAS GOING TO RIP US TO DEATH, SO WE SHALL SEE TONIGHT. SORRY, NO, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND LCBBuddies, WE'LL BE AT OUR BODY EVALUATION & ORIENTATION CLASS TONIGHT AT PIVOTAL. BY THE TIME WE GET BACK TO THE LCBB MEETINGS, WE WON'T KNOW HALF OF THE MEMBERS SINCE WE ARE GETTING SO MANY WONDERFUL NEWBIES. GOD BLESS YOU ... DAWN & NICk

We missed you tonight. I hope all was good at the gym. We need to get together and go. Tina Zimmerman said she did some of the classes. She said they laughed so hard because they had to hold their legs in the air with their hands. I would love to have seen that. I better not laught, that will be me too. She wants to go too. Call me. Deb

WE'LL HAVE TO POST WHEN WE PLAN TO GO & GET ANYONE & EVERYONE TO MEET US THERE! IT SHOULD BE A BLAST! THE MORE THE MERRIER. WE MIGHT AS WELL ALL LOOK REDICULOUS TOGETHER! I CAN JUST SEE THEM ... LAST NIGHT, NICK & I WERE A QUIVERING MASS OF JELL-O DURING OUR WORKOUT. I HAD TO USE MY HANDS TO PUSH MY LEGS DOWN ON ONE OF THE EXERCISES CUZ I'M SOOOOOOO OUT'A SHAPE. GOD BLESS YOU ... DAWN & NICk

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE, LOVE, LOVE WORKING OUT AT PIVITOL!! WE ARE HOOKED, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT! THE EQUIPMENT IS FANTASTIC ... REALLY MAKES IT "EASY" TO PERFORM THE MOVEMENTS. JUDY IS A FANTASTIC PERSON & TRAINER, & REALLY HAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION OUR AGES & MEDICAL SITUATIONS. OH MY GO**** WAS TOO FUNNY ... WE FAILED ... FELL FLAT ON OUR FACES ... WE ARE IN SUCH BAD SHAPE THAT WE COULDN'T EVEN FINISH THE PHYSICAL EVALUATION ... NICK'S HEART RATE SHOT UP LIKE A ROCKET & HIS LEGS TURNED TO RUBBER ... &, THEY CAN'T REALLY EVALUATE ME CUZ OF THE BETA BLOCKERS I'M ON FOR MY HEART BUT SHE SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT LIKE ... UHHHH, I DON'T THINK YOU TWO HAVE THE PHYSICAL ABILITY TO DO THESE MACHINES SO I'M GONNA START YOU OUT ON THESE. AAAAAArrrrrrgggggghhhhhh, HOW EMBARRASSING! I GOT ON THE FIRST PIECE OF EQUIPMENT & SHE PUT 50#s ON IT & I WAS READY TO RUN FOR THE DOOR. SO SHE DID WHAT ANYONE WOULD DO ... TOTALLY HUMILIATED ME TO GET ME MOTIVATED ... "NOOOOOOOOOOOO ONE HAS EVERRRRRRRRRRR FAILED ON THIS MACHINE BEFORE" SHE SAID. I HAD TO USE MY HANDS TO PUSH ON MY THIGHS TO MOVE THE MACHINE & EVERY MUSCLE WAS QUIVERING, BUT I FINISHED 12 REPS. HOOO-RAYYY FOR ME! IT WAS LIKE THAT FOR BOTH OF US ON ALL 4 OF THE MACHINES, BUT WE DID IT! THE REALLY ENCOURAGING THING WAS THAT WE WENT BACK & STARTED OVER FOR THE SECOND SET OF REPS & IT WAS ACTUALLY A LOT EASIER EVEN THOUGH WE HAD ALREADY STRESSED EVERY MUSCLE WE OWN. SHE FIBBED WHEN WE SIGNED UP ... SHE SAID THAT WE NEEDED TO COME 3 TIMES A WEEK FOR THE FIRST MONTH. THEN WE GET THERE LAST NIGHT & SHE SAYS, "I WANT YOU DOING THE MACHINES 4 TIMES A WEEK ... &, OH BTW, YOU CAN DO THE TREADMILL EVERY DAY IF YOU LIKE!" SNEAKY, SNEAKY WOMAN (but, we love her)! SO, WE'RE ALL DONE & PROUD AS PEA****S STRUTTIN' OUR STUFF CUZ WE CAN STILL WALK UPRIGHT, & WE GET IN THE CAR & BOTH OF US SAY, "WE'RE HUNGRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" FIRST THING WE THINK OF IS FAST FOOD, BUT I LOOK IN MY PURSE & I ACTUALLY HAD 2 PROTEIN BARS - SAVED THE DAY! WE GOT HOME & STARTED "COMING DOWN" & I WAS SO TIRED THAT I TOLD NICK THAT I COULDN'T EVEN MOVE MY FINGERS TO TYPE AN UPDATE TO Y'ALL! THEN IT HITS US LIKE A TON OF BRICKS ... EVERY MUSCLE IN OUR BODIES INSTANTLY TIGHTENED UP & WE'RE GOING, "OHHHHHH MYYYYYY GOSHHHHHH!" I GOT CRAMPS IN THE FRONT OF MY SHIN & HAD TO WALK IT OUT ... NICK SAID I WAS DEHYDRATED SO DRINK, DRINK, DRINK I DID. COULDN'T EVEN STAY AWAKE TO WATCH TV ... FELL OFF TO SLEEP & WE BOTH GOT THE ABSOLUTE BEST NIGHT'S SLEEP WE'VE HAD IN AGES. GOT UP THIS MORNING & FEEL FANTASTIC ... NOOOOOOOOO PAIN ... WE'RE GOING BACK TONIGHT & POUND THE TREADMILL. WHY, OH WHY DID WE WAIT SO LONG TO DO THIS????????????? GOD BLESS ... DAWN & NICK IF ANYONE WANTS TO CHECK OUT PIVITOL FITNESS ON OLD TROLLEY IN SUMMERVILLE, OR ON SAM RITTENBERG IN WEST ASHLEY, I HAVE ONE DAY GUEST PASSES THAT I'D BE HAPPY TO GIVE TO ANYONE. IF YOU COME TO THE ONE ON OLD TROLLEY, IF WE CAN WORK IT OUT, I'D BE HAPPY TO MEET YOU & SHOW YOU WHAT I KNOW IF YOU'D LIKE ... AT LEAST YOU WOULDN'T BE WALKING IN ALONE! I NEED A DAY OR TWO NOTICE TO PLAN AS WE HAVE ONLY ONE VEHICLE.