"No Pain, No Gain", a phrase which seems to be haunting me and a cliche' or idiom I can surely do without.
I am preparing for my family vacation to Miami Beach at the end of the month, followed by a "run away from the kids" vacation to Cabo with my husband in April. I am OBLIGATED to work out with a personal trainer, if I dare think about getting into a swimsuit. I can't deny that my personal trainer, Matt, is great at what he does. However, as I am dying and barely able to move, I hear him say those hateful words: "No pain, No gain Ivy! Think about the end result." Honestly, I wish I had the strength or breath to just scream or slap him silly (why do I pay for such torture)!
My husband thought it was hilarious to come home and find our seven year old daughter rubbing the pain out of my abs after my last set of crunches. Just in time for me to complete the 20 yard shuttle run that Matt had prepared for me in my driveway. For the NFL Combine, the players used plastic cones to run with. Matt had me carrying bricks from one end to the other. He is a sadist! Then my ever so loving and supportive husband was "encouraging" me by repeatedly saying "come on honey you can do it!". He is lucky I had no strength to drop that brick on his head.
After this past session on Saturday, I asked Matt about that phrase and his thoughts, he mearly said "it's 100% true". I shouldn't have been surprised to have heard that statement from him, but hey, it doesn't hurt to dream. With that said, interestingly enough, I decided to look up the origin of that phrase and here is what I found: The earliest mention was by poet Robert Herrick's Hesperides poem in 1650 as "Without pains, no gains." but my God, everyone else wrote that same phrase century after century. Why couldn't someone have come up with "eventually we all gain without pain?" :) You heard it here first!
I am preparing for my family vacation to Miami Beach at the end of the month, followed by a "run away from the kids" vacation to Cabo with my husband in April. I am OBLIGATED to work out with a personal trainer, if I dare think about getting into a swimsuit. I can't deny that my personal trainer, Matt, is great at what he does. However, as I am dying and barely able to move, I hear him say those hateful words: "No pain, No gain Ivy! Think about the end result." Honestly, I wish I had the strength or breath to just scream or slap him silly (why do I pay for such torture)!
My husband thought it was hilarious to come home and find our seven year old daughter rubbing the pain out of my abs after my last set of crunches. Just in time for me to complete the 20 yard shuttle run that Matt had prepared for me in my driveway. For the NFL Combine, the players used plastic cones to run with. Matt had me carrying bricks from one end to the other. He is a sadist! Then my ever so loving and supportive husband was "encouraging" me by repeatedly saying "come on honey you can do it!". He is lucky I had no strength to drop that brick on his head.
After this past session on Saturday, I asked Matt about that phrase and his thoughts, he mearly said "it's 100% true". I shouldn't have been surprised to have heard that statement from him, but hey, it doesn't hurt to dream. With that said, interestingly enough, I decided to look up the origin of that phrase and here is what I found: The earliest mention was by poet Robert Herrick's Hesperides poem in 1650 as "Without pains, no gains." but my God, everyone else wrote that same phrase century after century. Why couldn't someone have come up with "eventually we all gain without pain?" :) You heard it here first!
Just back from the gym where my trainer gave me a preview of my new program. It's enough to make me go AWOL.
ReplyDeleteOh, wait, I am going AWOL for three weeks. Take that, Trainer!
I know exactly how you feel! Luckily, I am on a break from using my personal trainer. I remember the first two days after my first session with my personal trainer.
ReplyDeleteI was literally in tears. I had to wear high heels all day to stop the pain in my calves! I couldn't even walk down or climb up the stairs.
Just remember, you're going to look super hot after your sessions! The pain is worth the outcome!
I can't wait to feel that pain again...