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Originally Posted by SupDock
Great write up. This is exactly why a lot of people benefit from trainers.
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Greatest thing I learned from mine is that any limitations I had regarding my fitness goals were ones I put on myself.
One more long story...
It was during one of my sessions with him, and he had me do a 1000 m row at the end. He said he wanted me to do it in under 4 minutes. I told him there was no way I could do that. He said to try for 5 minutes then. I still thought that was stretching it. I got started. I closed my eyes and just focused on rowing. He watched the numbers and encouraged me. He could tell when I was slowing down and would tell me to push through. He told me when I would pass each 250 m, but never told me what my time was. His encouragement starting sounding a little more like excitement, so I opened my eyes to see where I was at. Mistake. I ended up rowing it in 4 mins and 4 secs. If I would have just kept concentrating, I think I would have done it. I was was still shocked. Also, it took me two more tries on my own before getting it under 4 mins.
Also, that the key is to set goals. A few secs less, a few more reps, 5 more pounds... I wasn't even paying attention to my weight after a certain point. Weight loss became a biproduct.