I'm SO weak...

Ok...so I don't lift weights, I just don't and I don't know why. Maybe because I'd rather go running or do a step class or play soccer or SOMETHING other than lift weights. I don't lift weights because I don't want big arms, I don't want huge muscles, and I don't want to be sore. I want my workout to make me sweat and make me feel like I've accomplished something.

Yesterday...for some STRANGE reason...I decided to do "Muscle Works" class.
***Side note - I havent lifted weights in about a YEAR!!***
There I was lifting my 6 lb weights for about (seriously) a million bicep curls. I thought my arms were literally going to fall off my sholders. We worked our way through the upper body - biceps, triceps, shoulders, chest, etc. Then we had to lay on our step and do chest press...my arms were SO fatigued after the first 30 minutes of the class, you would have thought someone was violently shaking my upper body.

After an hour of grueling pain I walked out of the class, sat my limp upper bodied self onto a stationary bike and rode for 45 minutes. My legs were not nearly as tired as my arms as I made my way out of the gym. Later that night I feel fine...I've gotten past the limp noodled arm feeling and I'm quite glad I went to the weights class...

Until I woke up this morning. I step in the shower and realize I am unable to lift my arms high enough to grab the shampoo bottle, much less, actually shampoo my hair. My shower takes twice as long as normal because I'm groaning and moaning during the whole straining process. Putting on make-up was fine...then came time to dry my hair. I gave up with holding the brush and the dryer after about 45 seconds - both of which felt like they weighed about 25 lbs.

I sat at my desk all day...with curly hair and an upper body of a petrified mummy. From the waist up I move like I have giant body cast on. Good thing I have a swivle chair. About the heaviest thing I've picked up all day is my water bottle - 1 Liter to be exact. I actually had to stand up and use my leg strenght to lift my purse off my desk. Pathetic to the nth degree if you ask me!!

So...will I go back to "Muscle Works"...maybe. Will I lift 6 lbs weights...absolutely not. I'll start out with some 3 pounders and work my way back up to 6 lbs. That will probably take me a year to get there. Goal - continue to lift weights...stive to not be sore at the end of a workout. My mom informed we that she can lift double the amount of weight that I can...I'm so weak...