This past week being lent and the opening of The Passion of
Christ (which I probably won’t see, mostly because I can’t bear
watching physical violence and I’d be a total wreck during and
afterwards). Though I am one who abandoned the Catholicism I was
raised in, it does still haunt me. Don’t worry I’m not going off
into religious rantings. … Having recovered from my trials and
tribulations of January I headed into February with a revived
passionate verve. I was finally over the lingering cold and
ready for action. I broke into the workout regime, gently not
expecting too much of myself after an almost 3 week hiatus. The
passion was glowing, a light ember within. As the week wore on
and I continued to beat my expectations. I tried a little harder
and while I was at it added a new cardio regime called High
Intensity Interval Training. It is exactly what it sounds like
and it can be accomplished in 20 minutes. (I explain it in
further detail in the next article) Now one client in particular
to whom I will give the name Jackie has been working with me
since late summer and while making excellent fitness gains has
not lost the weight she has set out to. In fact she has gained a
pound or two. So while working out this new cardio regime I
invited Jackie to join me With the cold weather still lingering,
we tended to use her gym more often than not, which is why no
one else has been invited. So week one Jackie and I do cardio
3-4 times as well as the workout regime. The second week yours
truly is feeling infallible. My passion is a red hot ember and
I’m out to save the fitness world. If Jackie isn’t getting
motivated to do her cardio one day I jump in and do more to get
Jackie fired up. The upshot of Debs passion being, Deb works out
3 times plus 6cardio days, Jackie 2 workouts +2 cardio. For all
my efforts I now have a low grade cold again and have to take
myself out of the workouts for an entire week. I was just trying
to do my best and be my best and I ended up flagellated. I
realize now I can’t save the fitness industry. So for lent I am
giving up passion and giving into practicality. The following
article will address several more issues regarding “Passion”,
its problems and how to avoid them. I believe there is a place
for passion, it will haunt me and drive me as friend and foe for
the rest of my life, like my Catholic roots. Meanwhile a number
of clients have been expressing their need to do cardio for
weight loss. Once the weather gets a little warmer I will be
organizing groups and times when we meet in the park to do
collective cardio conditioning. We’ll basically be broken into
groups of walkers/fast walking, walker/runners, and
runner/sprinters. I will keep everyone posted about the details.
Please email me at deb@vitalsignsfitness.com to hold your spot.
Everyone will be thankful that I have learned my lesson and not
drive them too hard.
Deborah Caruana RN, AAHRFP, NASM, ACE, www.vitalsignsfitness.com
email deb@vitalsignsfitness.com
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