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Personal Training Session with JJ

23/8/2013

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I'm generally very good at pushing myself physically.  When I work out, I tend to work out hard.  Even on days when I envisage a 'gentle' gym session, I come away puffing and sweating profusely.  This is probably because the army never, ever, took us out on a gentle run, or gave us a gently PT session, so it always seems like cheating to me, like there is little point.

But sometimes, it's good to have someone who will push you even further than you would normally push yourself.  So yesterday I 'treated' myself to a personal training session with John 'JJ' Hewitt.  I told JJ I expected a proper military-style beasting.  He duly delivered!

HIT hurts at the best of times, if such an oxymoron exists.  But when you have someone pushing you, urging you on, encouraging you to go further - then it really, really hurts.  Each set consisted of six exercises.  By the end of the third and final set, I was literally curled up on the exercise mat, gasping from breath, dripping with sweat. 

The adrenaline was still coursing through me for hours.  I work on the fifth floor of our London building.  When I left for my train, I almost decided to stop on the second floor and call the lift to get me down the final two - my legs were that unsteady.

All in all, a very good session.  I certainly got what I'd asked (and paid) for!
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    Alan Gale

    One time soldier, part-time author, full-time training manager, husband and father.

    Swam 21.8 miles of the English Channel in August 2014 for Acorns Children's Hospice, in memory of our son, Harry Gale, raising over £13,000

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