Facing Fears !

For those of you who are unaware of this fact, this semester I have embarked on a new and bold adventure of a having a personal trainer. (Emporia State provides them as a FREE service to all students. So why not?) For the sake of keeping the identity of my personal trainer confidential, let's call her 'PT'! (Original, I know!) Once a week, I meet with PT and she assesses how I'm doing, trains me in new ways of working out, and provides invaluable tips on exercise and diet. Now, you need to know something about the Rec where I workout. It is a great place, but there is one room where I have never ventured more than a few steps into: the weight room. Typically, this room is full of guys who look like they could all be offensive linemen. They scare me, therefore, I refrain from entering. Last night, PT decided she wanted to introduce me to a new weight machine in the just-mentioned weight room. I panicked, but meekly followed. What else could I do? (PT works out every morning with the ESU football team, therefore, she was not intimidated.) The designated weight machine was located all the way on the OPPOSITE side of the room, so we had to meander our way through. The machine that she placed me on was extremely close to another machine where this man was doing some sort of pull-up. To make matters worse, the two machines faced each other. I tried not to make eye-contact while I pushed myself up this little pulley. All of this to say, PT made me face my second biggest fear. (My first fear is falling off of the treadmill while I'm running, which actually happened to a guy next to me the other morning.)