Adventures in Training

My 5 AM Pickle

Oh the joys of morning pickles! This morning I was scheduled to meet at the gym at 6:30 AM for a session. I woke up at five, made coffee, showered, and had my ducks in a row. I was on time and was about to head to my appointment when I realized my keys were nowhere to be found. I frantically searched through the house, awoke my wife, and practically had a panic attack. I had no idea where they were, and I couldn’t even find a flashlight to check my truck. Finally I found a light and ventured outside, and it was a beautiful day by the way–32 degrees and raining! Sure enough, there they were dangling from the ignition, mocking me and destroying my plans for an uneventful morning. After the inevitable mourning and denial stage, I decided to take my wife’s car (with her permission, hehe). I had enough time to be there before my client, but the thing about Anytime Fitness is that you can’t get in without a key Fabe, and you can’t follow someone that has one. So I had to get creative. I had to use my client’s to get in, at which point I located our hidden key, opened the main office, and disabled the alarm. I breathed a sigh of relief and took my client through a challenging lower body workout, complete with back loaded walking lunges,one-leg lying leg press, and one-leg RDL’s. Now everything is dandy, except that my wife is left to call a locksmith, and I have no planner (which I can’t really survive without). I guess I just have to laugh about the whole thing and make the best of the rest of the day. I know this is a random tale, but I figured my story would demonstrate that the life of a trainer is NEVER boring. Hope you’re having a more uneventful day!