This morning while it was still dark the call of the gym rang loudly in my little mind. Yes time to get over there and sweat. It was a difficult shaving at 5:17 am but nothing like a fresh face to look at while getting your heart rate up to 156. Things were looking great when you make all 3 of the stoplights, whistling through on the greens. And so it begins -- another vigourous and healthy physical hour. But wait something is seriously wrong. The, well lets call her older women who you haven't seen in a few months, is at the different stations and the total weights she is pushing look to be quite a bit. Doesn't matter. I'll be over there in a few minutes and will crank it up -- wrong! I have to crank the weight total down. Humiliating. And from there it went downhill. About mid morning I felt awful. Just overdid it, again. Sometimes it is just too early.Maybe I should take up smoking outside Irish bars like the guy in the picture. Not to worry there is always tomorrow, or the day after......
2 comments:
Ah yes, overdoing it at the gym.
My bit of gym wisdom: If it's been a while since you last worked out with weights, make the first training very light. So light that you almost suspect other gym-goers are snickering at you. You'll thank yourself the next day.
Tougher wisdom: The point isn't how your weights compare to those of other people, but how they help you in your training.
Cheers,
Jan Karlsbjerg
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