Getting back on the Balance Ball

After being sick in bed for about a week, I just couldn’t bring myself to cancel my personal training session with Bing today. I was missing it and desperately needed to get my sweat on, but was a little bit scared, to be honest. It reminded me of my first personal workout session with him last Fall. One of my girlfriends was a client of his, and her body had transformed. She was incredibly lean with gorgeous muscle tone, but nowhere near too much. She also seemed a lot stronger and more confident. When she attributed these changes to the exercise conditioning from her BMA workouts, I was immediately sold. I had to try it out.

I made her do a personal training combo with me that first time—I was a little scared. But I’m always down for getting out of my comfort zone, so to the workout I went. After just one session, I felt stronger and more confident in my strength and ability to push myself physically, and was awed and inspired by my friend’s crazy strength and level of fitness. It’s been a fantastic journey since that first Venice Beach workout.

Today, after about a month of heavy travel, followed by a pretty long illness, I got back on the balance ball. What’s so great about BMA isn’t just the incredible performance conditioning or the inspiring group workouts—it’s also the intuition each of these incredible trainers possess. They get you to push past your boundaries to reach new physical heights, but not in a way that’s too uncomfortable or risky. It’s like they know exactly how far you can go—even better than you know yourself sometimes. It felt so good to get the blood going today and get back to the workouts I’ve been missing so much. I know I’m going to be super sore tomorrow—but it’s beyond worth it.