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upper body part 2

Tonight was another round of upper body workout with the trainer. Not quite so bad this time... I could actually lift my hands over my head when i was done, so I'm pretty excited. Of course, my arms, chest, and shoulders ache badly, but it's managable.

New hardest exercise: prepare exercise ball, place knees on ball, parallel to the ground. (that is, *nothing* touches the ground) Pull in on the bellybutton, and straighten the back. Now, raise one arm out in front, and then to the side... while holding a dumbell.

Of course, the trainer did this, no problem. I couldn't even balance on the damned ball. I felt like an utter idiot. It kinda felt like waterskiing, but with no boat in front of me to pull me along. Needless to say, I couldn't stay up for more than 5 or 10 seconds. Guess i need to practice that one a lot.