When your friends invite you to train with their personal trainer, and the concern is that you don't puke you have high expectations. Mostly of yourself to prove that you won't puke, but also secretly hoping that you get such an intense workout that it could very easily happen. That's how a personal training session at Legacy Fit in Miami was presented to me. Apparently the last friend that was brought to this workout puked and had Isaac, the trainer, concerned.
On the drive over to the gym for our double-date, sweat session, we got the low down. There are pitbulls outside, but they adorably snugly. There can be a lot of sled pushing...and so forth. We pulled up and the gym was exactly as promised. A down and dirty, old warehouse that was turned into a two room gym. One room holds what looks like a cross between a crossfit wod and boot camp. The other room is set for personal training with astroturf, a few cardio machines and lots and lots of weights.
Also, their tagline is #nodaysoff, which really resonates with me, because "hi. My name is Laney, and I am a fitness addict."
There isn't a lot of A/C moving around, and you can get warm pretty quickly. There were four of us, and Josh went to workout with Corey and I got paired up with Lauren. We did the same movements, just with some more weight (for the guys).
The full workout consisted of: sled pulls running backwards, sled static pulls in an iso-squat, sled pushes, battle ropes, Russian twists with the battle ropes, partner sit ups with a medicine ball, and partner push ups with high-fives. The sled pushes did me in, and I needed a serious breather after my intervals.
My heart rate was skyrocketing and it was absolutely a challenging workout. I was surprised when it was over, and did feel like I could go a little longer. On the positive I watched a Dolphins defensive lineman grunt through his very tough workout and made me feel like a hardcore athlete.
