Last week was a busy week full of appointments – I already covered my first appointment in my last post; the other appointments I went to were:
- Initial Assessment
- 1st Group Session
- Physician Appointment
Initial Assessment
This appointment consisted of getting two things done, an assessment of my current fitness state and my signing of the 20/20 contract program. The assessment consisted of getting my initial measurements, a body fat test, and a few exercises to test my physical strength. This went by pretty quick, from the other people I talked to I had a feeling it would have taken a little bit longer. The contract signing was pretty straightforward as well. Basically you choose the program you want to pursue [I signed up for the 12 week intense, 12 week maintenance] and sign your life away; after which you put down the required deposit down [at the time it was $750] and set yourself up for the financing.
That was pretty much it, the Personal Trainer that did my assessment isn’t the same one I’m signed up for. Very nice guy; he went through all the specifics and was clear about what was required from the participant during the program.
You also get a little pedometer to measure your steps during the day, they want you to get 5,000 steps daily for the days you work out and 10,000 for the days you don’t.
Group Session
I got to the ProClub about 5:50pm and my appointment was at 6:00pm, I got to the boardroom where we are supposed to meet and saw there was a full room already. “Shit, am I late?” I walk right in and walked into the previous group session. “Oops”. So I wait about ten minutes to wait for my session to begin.
The main goal of this session was to get to know one another and open up to what each and everyone of the members wanted to get out of the program. The session is held by one of the counselors from the same location I went to earlier in the week.
Overall I think I’ll do well with this group, I feel that I’m one of the more social guys in the group and will be able to voice my experiences and opinions whenever we meet.
Physician Appointment
I met with the Doctor earlier Friday morning and he’s a really nice gentleman. I was very candid with him, basically telling him what I want to get out of the program and how I plan to accomplish it. He had a packet of my blood results and a profile of my results according to the program they use.
My blood pressure reading was way off because I had coffee right before I had the bp test. ugh. So the results of the profile were based on someone with high blood pressure. He mentioned that I’ll be working directly with my Trainer to work on getting that number down regardless of how high it was showing.