More gyming

Monday was a day of rest for myself, though I think Nigel went to the gym as he had a day off. However Tuesday saw me back for another gym training session.

I didn’t have as much time available as I did on the weekend as I had plans for the evening so I had to make a few cutbacks.

15 minutes on the rowing machine as my warm up. No problems really, though my flexors (gripping muscles) ache a lot toward the end.

3 sets of 15 reps for the erector spinæ at 66kgs. Again no real issues, though when I had finished the muscle burn made it difficult to stand correctly until I had stretched it out.

I then did the banned shoulder exercises. Chest press. 2 sets of 15 at 27kgs. Followed by the Shoulder press 2 sets of 15 reps at 23kgs. I am having less and less problem with the shoulder now and am feeling more and more confident that I can put a strain on it.

Onward to some more cardio work. Intervals on the cross trainer at an untried level 10. This proved to be a level too far though, and after eleven minutes I was really feeling the strain. As I laboured through the next peak interval, my chest became tight and my head started to swim a little bit. I decreased the level to 5 for about a minute to give myself the chance to take on some water before increasing the level up to the to the standard 8 and finishing there. I’m clearly not ready for level 10 yet.

That was it. I was done in the gym. So I went off to swim for 40 minutes. I like swimming, it’s exercise that I don’t notice taking it’s toll.

That was Tuesday. Wednesday I am going to the gym as this will probably be the last chance I get this week.

(I am running out of original titles for this blog. It's alright when I do something other than going to the gym or when something really extraordinary happens but when I just do some exercise I don't know what to call it. I might have to resort to just date/time stamping for the title in the future.)