This week is week two of stepping it up in effort, weights, reps and participating in classes.  I took this entire weekend off.  Saturday was rest day THANK GOD! and Sunday was a bonus day so I don’t do stupid things just because “it’s on my schedule”.  Don’t get me wrong, if leg day is “on my schedule” I’ll do it but just because Sunday is normally a workout day does not mean I shouldn’t rest another day if I feel I need it.  So today was PF360 Burn and I was one of 4 in the class.  I was tired when I finished but the whole time I just kept telling myself that I can do anything for 30 seconds which is the length for each exercise.  In my opinion, of the 2 other women there, I was clearly in the best shape.  Not to say I am in the best shape of all, because there’s work to do for improvement.  Just in a better position physically to work harder than the others.  When we were done I was tired but one thing tipped me in the direction of those rowers to at least do something.  Even though it wasn’t a full row of 2600 meters.  1000 was all I was up to but I did it.

So there is one lady in there with me who seems to be just starting out on her fitness journey. It was nice to see her come back again from last week.  As we left class I could see she was probably more tired than I was.  I asked if I would see her on Thursday and she said it depended on how she felt from today.  She seemed hopeful so I said to her that we do this one day at a time and as she walked toward the ladies locker room I patted her on the back and told her not to get discouraged.  It was at that moment that I felt really good because I encouraged her not to quit or lose motivation.  It gave me the little energy I needed to just put in one last little effort for the night.  I don’t know if I would have just gone to the massage chair and avoided the rower if I hadn’t talked to her but I don’t care because it didn’t happen that way and I’m glad.  I hope she went home believing in herself and wanting to come again tomorrow.

We should spend time encouraging others to fill ourselves with energy, love, and motivation.  The world needs more moments like that.