Coordination Is Over Rated

If I had a nickel for every time Tim said "watch the head!" when I'm lifting some sort of weight in proximity of my face....well it would probably pay for my sessions. I don't know if my problem is lack of strength, depth perception, coordination or all of the above, but "skull crushers" are not limited to one exercise for me. The first exercise I really struggled with today was the plank circles on the stability ball. He had me hold myself in the plank position with my elbows on the stability ball. Now it gets interesting, I am then supposed to move my elbows clockwise 8 times and then counterclockwise 8 times. For some reason it was near impossible to go counterclockwise. Today's uncoordinated cherry was when Tim asked me to lift 10 or 15lb discs in each arm lifting one arm 90 degrees to the front and the other 90 degrees to the side at the same time. For those of you that think this is simple.....you suck. This particular exercise requires some degree of coordination which is why my response was a sarcastic, "Do you want me to rub my belly and pat my head too?" The little bugger said, "No, that's next." On a related note, Tim's repartee is improving.