I'm a freak

Trained with Karissa today. One exercise was to do a row on the Freemotion.  Squating a bit and with one hand over the other, pulling the cable into my chest. "What, is that light?" Well, yeah. "Let's up it." ...Repeated looks when it still felt nothing then her eyes grew big as she put the pin 2 weights from the bottom. You're nuts. 12 reps. "I think you can do the whole stack." Okay, I'm game. 8 reps of rowing the entire stack. Both of us laughing at how freakishly strong I am. "You're stronger than me." Come on. So, she tried to do it on her own and struggled to just step back and hold it in place, then it pulled her 137lbs forward.  We laughed.  It's cool that if I am truly stronger than her it doesn't offend her.  She has fun with it.    And I just say, look, I've got all this weight holding me down (gravity).  That's the difference.... But OMG. This is just too weird!  I feel both proud and confident, but also a little like Godzilla or something. "Strength is good," she reminds me a lot.  It's just the whole woman being weirdly strong thing.  Not wanting it to take away from my femininity and all.  I just have to remind myself what the trainers say, it does nothing to lift a weight that feels like nothing.  OK....

How cool is that.  I bet you have fun with this one.  Good ego booster to keep going too!  I know you wouldn't stop for anything anyway, but knowing your good at something has got to take some kind of effect on ya.  It's gotta feel good to beat these guys at their own game. :)

 

If you read today's posts on my blog, you'll see I needed that boost.  Something occurred later, so at least I have this to go back and revisit  to feel good ; ).