Arthur joins the gym

We took Arthur to the gym tonight. The fine trainer there, Victor, had said Arthur could join even before he turns 16 with parental supervision. We waited till after our family visiting us at Thanksgiving was over and till Dennis recovered from the flu enough to work out again.

Arthur has always been attracted to the exercise machines in stores so we knew he would be up for this. He wore his gray sweat pants that are just like his Dad's along with his new white Nike's.

The treadmill was his first endeavor, which he held onto and leaned toward as he loudly ran. Next up, he really found his stride on the elliptical, where he could go hard and fast until he periodically needed to slow down to recoup a little. Then we showed him every machine or exercise we do except lifting the dumbbell bar. I kept his weights below the amounts I use and he seemed to do fine on all but one. The five pound weights you raise over your head in each hand (I'm up to 8 pounds each now!) were more than he could handle, though he was fine curling them to his shoulder. He'll get stronger quickly I'm sure.

Victor has us coming in this Saturday morning at 9:00 to give Arthur a workout plan on paper like we have and to show him and us how to use the stationary bikes and other machines we don't currently use. Dennis will also get his plan updated and I may as well. It is such a blessing to have a trainer at all and Victor is very good as well as very pleasant and kind.

We are so thankful the Fitness Center has permitted us to include Arthur in our workouts! This enables us to do it as a family instead of one at a time at different times with Arthur still needing to exercise. We plan to work out in the mornings so that Dennis can be in the office by 9:00 am, which means we'll leave for the gym by 7:00. We can praise the Lord together all the way over and back, or something else just as good and as fun.