SEE THE CHANGE

Melissa Cass

April 2008

Getting Started

My body fat percentage is much higher than the minimum requirements for the FBI or U.S. Marshals Service fitness tests, so my trainer at Post Oak Super-Sport set fat loss as an important goal and says weight training will also be necessary for the sit-up and push-up portions.

I haven’t tested myself for these tests yet because I’m worried I will injure myself or be discouraged, so I’m going to wait until about 2 weeks into my training. Now that I met with a trainer, I feel like I won’t be wandering around the gym like a lost lamb. My trainer gave me some homework: increase my cardio workouts from 15 minutes to 20 minutes. When I work out I try to wear a ratty T-shirt from law school to remind myself that if I can make it through law school, I can make it the extra minutes.