the return of Hot Bill

So here at the start of 2022, I am where many people are, thinking that a new year = new opportunities. This year my quest to evolve into the best version of me has a specific focus on my health and well-being, which includes a return to regular strength workouts. I just found the little purple notebook with all the workouts from my very first trainer, Hot Bill, from ~20 years ago. And no, I never, EVER called him Hot Bill in person - that was my (and my friends') nickname for him and I would have been absolutely mortified if he'd known!

I remember I LOVED these training sessions, and not just because Hot Bill was easy on the eyes. I even loved getting there - I didn't have a car at the time, so I would bike or MARTA it up to the apartment complex he ran the sessions from, and then the workouts flew by! It was always a very solid lift routine mixed with great conversation. He started me on machines and gradually educated me to train using free weights. He is the reason I know the right way to squat and deadlift. I saw excellent results over the few months I worked with him. I am so glad Hot Bill introduced me to proper strength training, it has been a continuous love of mine since we met.

Finding this notebook was no coincidence; not only are the workouts great and very helpful, my memory of this time in my life was that I was HAPPY, and I had great people in my life. These are aspects that I am working to cultivate most in my life right now, so uncovering this tangible link to a joyful spot in my past directly propels my current evolution in the most positive way. 😄 Looking over Hot Bill's routines, he basically had me on an upper/lower body split. Yesterday I did the first workout in the notebook, it was good, but I need to up the weights! I am looking forward to completing the rest of the sessions, I know I will again have great results. 

Hot Bill wrote his phone# down at the end of the notebook. I have no recollection of why I stopped working with him, and if we were meant to keep in touch, I'm sorry I never did. Who knows if that's still his number? Maybe after I complete the whole book I'll give him a call and let him know the impact he had on my life, 20 years later. Or maybe I'll just be super grateful that Hot Bill came into my life when he did and is still giving me the gift of better health, in spirit.