Tuesday 22nd September
Before we went on holiday Andy and I had decided to join a gym. We went around lots of gyms and we both decided the best gym for me was Virgin Active, which happens to be where Rob works.
We felt this was the right one because I feel they will give me the right support to help me reach my goals. It helps because Rob worked there, as he knows what I want, what I need to work on and, as I said, just gives me the right support.
So I joined the gym on Tuesday the 22nd September but I couldn’t do anything until Rob had shown me what I could use and how to use it. So as I was waiting to finish work on Tuesday the 29th I had a phone call from Rob saying he had someone cancel on him and would I like to come in. So of course I said yes.
I went home, got changed and headed straight to the gym. I was really nervous about going because I really wasn’t sure what I was going to do.
When I arrived Rob was waiting so we went straight in. It was going well but then Rob gets me on a big ball. He told me to sit on it and then lift my right let up and turn my ankle around, so I give it a go and nearly fall off backwards. It got to the point where Rob has to hold me for me to be able to do it.
Well I did it and I thought I had finished with the ball until Rob took me over to one of the machines with the ball. Rob gave me lots of weight-type things to do sitting on the ball. This meant I sounded like a monkey the whole time, trying to stay on the ball and Rob spent the whole time trying to keep me on the ball. It was very funny and I felt very, very stupid.
I’m sure it's going to do me a lot of good, but its going to take time seeing all that without seeing how stupid I looked at first.
I have been to the gym a couple of times since that night, and to be honest I have chickened out of doing anything thing in the gym and have just gone swimming.
I know I need to do it, but I just need to get a bit more confidence. I am going to get in touch with Rob to see if he can help me, and I will let you know how I get on.
