The ache is back

Thursday night gym session and I had no umph. I don’t know why, it might have been down to my diet that day, I am still reading that food fitness book and it is fascinating how various foods affect performance, or it might have been because of my clothes, I was wearing a long sleeve t-shirt and could have been overheating, or I might just have had a long ole day at work. Either way the session was really hard work.

Started with the rowing machine. 15 minutes at level 5. After 5 minutes my flexors were aching and after only 10 minutes I was spent. I did slog my way through the full 15 minutes but I must have been averaging about 25 strokes per minute towards the end where usually I would be keeping up a rate of about 30.

Free weights. 2 sets of 15 curls with the 5kgs and 1 set of 15 curls with the 7.5kgs. I also did 2 sets of 15 shrugs for the first time since my injury. I used the 15kg weights and they were a lot heavier than I remember.

The banned machines. Shoulder press at 23kgs and chest press at 27kgs. 2 sets of 15 for each. I also put the Lat pull downs back onto my list. 2 sets of 15 at 39kgs.

Although I had completely run out of energy I forced myself onto the cross trainer, partly because I had only been in the gym for about half an hour and that seemed a little bit pathetic to me. 20 minutes at level 8. Hard work but felt happy when I finished.

I had been investigating various exercises to find out which ones are the best for my personal goals. The internet tells me that swimming is by far the best for me to tone, develop stamina and gain all over muscle definition. So into the pool for 30 minutes of non stop swimming.

I have that exercise ache today, something I haven’t had for a little while now and I am really pleased that despite my lethargy, I pushed on for a full workout.