Sunday dinner

Nigel and his lovely missus offered to play host on Sunday for me and the wife. “Both of you come to the gym, and then after we’ll cook you a nice roast” was the offer I couldn’t refuse so we both came down for some gym work this week.

While my better half set about the treadmill, Nigel and I hit the rowing machine, we both cranked up the difficulty level to 6. Set the timer for 15 minutes and set off at a fast 34 strokes a minute pace. We kept this up for about 7 or 8 minutes when I started to feel the burn of an exhausted muscle in my forearm. (I have just google searched and it was my wrist flexors that were giving up. I could no longer grip with my hand.) I had a few moments rest before plugging on matching Nigel’s pace once again. I dropped 10 strokes from Nigel over the 15 minutes becuase of that rest, I need to work on that group of muscles.

I also bought some super fast mega running sports trainers over the weekend which are specifically designed for running at near hypersonic speeds, as opposed to my previous trainers which I suspect were more designed for fashion. I hit the treadmill and I felt my performance instantly improve by probably about 5%. 20 minutes at a constant and steady 7mph. Nigel joined me on the treadmill for a bit but 5 minutes later he was feeling short of breath. He might have a strength advantage over me at the moment but that will be for nothing if he can't sustain it.

I might not be ready for hypersonic super fast sports running trainers yet though. I discovered a blister in a really bizarre place on the sole of my foot later on in the day, I fear that I might have become so sedentary in my lifestyle prior to this training that I was getting flat feet.

Day was topped out by a roast dinner of epic proportions (thanks guys).

I’m not going back to the gym now until Wednesday as Monday (today) I am going to my GP after work to see if he can shed light on this shoulder injury. And then Tuesday night we have an appointment with the wedding photographer to get the photos sorted. I intend to work doubly hard at the end of the week to catch back up with the fitness plan.