WD40 for Humans

I smell of menthol today. To enable the use of my arms again, as it is embarrassing not being able to use my arms for day to day activities like drinking from a mug and answering the phone, I have had to use lashings of Deep Freeze, (my new favourite analgesic from the makers of Deep Heat) Honestly, its brilliant, it’s like WD40 for humans.

Yesterday was a good session in the gym. Nigel had a day off so we both blitzed the machines. Though I opted to avoid the arm exercises to give a bit more rest.

Leg push 3 sets of 15 reps at 59kgs. That got the burn going in my thighs.
Leg extensions. 2 sets of 15 reps at about 32kgs (I forget what weight but I think that was it)
Leg curl 1 set of about 10 reps before aborting. I couldn’t get this machine set up so that it didn’t hurt my Achilles and I was starting to look like a bit of a wolly as I fiddled and adjusted with all the fittings. I will work out how to set this up for my comfort when there are less people to watch me dismantle the machine.

I then hit the treadmill 20 minutes. 7.5mph interval training. It was hard. There were times when I contemplated hitting the all stop button, or even just toning down the speed for a bit but I prevailed to the bitter end and felt pretty chuffed with myself once I had finished having not wimped out.

For a bit of a breather I headed over to see how Nigel was getting on. He had notched up the rowing machine up another minute and managed something over 500 strokes in 17 minutes on difficulty level 7 and was currently working through his weights in 3 sets of 15.

We both settled down for the stomach crunching plank. I was not going to let Nigel beat me, I think Nigel wanted to complete the plank longer than me too as he kept looking across to see how well I was getting on. I had to focus, zen like, as my stomach was well and truly crunched. Nigel gave in, and I was well and truly thankful as I collapsed too. I did feel the need to remark about how easy it was for me and mentioned that I often sleep in that position because it is so comfortable and doesn’t hurt at all.

Then we headed off to the cross trainer. Nigel hasn’t cross trained before so he did the same routine as me. 20 minutes, interval work, level 6. I am pleased to report that Nigel finally got a sweat on in the gym, he didn’t find it easy and actually looked pretty knackered. I might have to text him later to find out if he is feeling the aches that only I seem to be enduring.

After that there was time for a quick swim, a quick spell in the Jacuzzi and a few minutes enduring the heat of the sauna.