Keeping Fit

One thing that many Youth Pastor’s are not so good at is looking after themselves. It might be the fundraiser cokes in the church fridge, it might be the lollies from all those zany youth games, whatever it is ‘keeping fit’ can easily find itself falling further and further down the priority list. This year I’ve decided to try and be a little better with this. I’ve overhauled what I eat and when I eat and have signed up to a gym. This post is about the latter!

I have just gotten home from the first of 3 initial personal training sessions. If this one is anything to go by then I will honestly say I am not looking forward to the next 2! I am semi-struggling to type this post due to my arm muscles being absolutely fried because the first session is all about testing, seeing just how far you can go.

One of the tests was to see how many push-ups I could do. I estimated 35 and managed to achieve it, just. This is supposedly a relatively good figure for someone who hasn’t been working out for a LONG time. I also managed to achieve a decent level for the other tests involved. Still, I am absolutely spent and almost did the power throw when i got home.

Overall my plan is to work out a system that works for me, keeps me in shape but doesn’t leave me not wanting to do anything else that day. The last 2 personal training sessions will be great but we’ll see if i continue with them. I absolutely see the benefit of them and I know I’d achieve great results quickly, but I honestly am unsure if ‘feeling absolutely spent’ is what i want from my ‘keeping fit’ regime. We’ll see.