After 20 minutes on the elliptical machine (I know! I know! I cut off 10 minutes today because I was late meeting someone...so sue me.), I lifted weights as usual. I have really come to love the Nautilus machines. I was too intimidated to use them for the longest time, though. I finally had to call my good friend, Heather, to get a pep talk one evening.
I was sitting in the parking lot, water and sweat towel in hand, and in the other hand I held my cell phone and was told, "You can do this! If you don't know what to do, act like a dumb blonde and get a big jock to help you out."
It worked.
Not acting like a dumb blonde. The pep talk.
It was totally meant to be that night. As I was doing my cardio, a girl got on the Nautilus circuit right in front of the elliptical machines. I had been eyeing the machines for weeks, but didn't know if I knew how to use them all, so I was too embarrassed to give them a try. But this girl starts at the machine on the end, right in front of me, and goes down the whole row. I watched her the whole time and got to see how to use and adjust each machine. It was Providence! So after I was done sweating on the elliptical, I tried them out and 'voila!' I was now an iron-pumping, muscle-building power chick!
So back to this morning....
I'm on the weight machines, and I save my very favorite for last. It's the leg press. I like it because I can push a lot of weight on it and it makes me feel buff. You start by sitting down on the seat, and putting your feet up in front of you against a metal pad that moves when you push on it. You're knees are practically to your chest when you begin, but then you press out and straighten your legs and push the weight. Lo and behold, quads, hamstrings, and butt all get a nice little workout.
Today I decided to really go for it and see how much weight I could press. One hundred and seventy pounds, my friends! I looked at the weight as I pushed it, and realized, that's how much I would weigh 100 pounds from now.
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