OK, I went to the gym. I admit it. Sheri had a credit with our local gym owner for some pet care service she did in exchange for gym time. Of course we’ve never used it yet because for the last three years I’ve been lazy and fat. So today we went and got set up with our in-kind memberships and I even topped up a few more pay as you go visits.

Here’s how I approach the gym. I read a book about training for biking in 1998 or so. It was written by one of my old team mate’s dad. I thought it was pretty to the point. So I just stick with it. You start out by basically just using the gym, do stuff with low to no weight and just get your body moving and used the movements. Focus on good form, not the weights you push. Do circuits, fast transition between stations, no resting between sets because you are doing a different exercise. Don’t do too many exercises in one session, no more than seven.

So that’s what I did, 5-7min warm up on the treadmill and stretching, then 3 circuits, 20 reps per station, of:

» Squat – just the bar
» Lat pull downs
» Split sqats – just the bar
» Bench press – just the bar
» Seated row
» Knee extension
» crunches (30)

I got fried on the split squats and swapped in straight leg press. Split squats are hard, and I’m too weak to do them properly right now.

Workout: Gym, circuits about 1:15 or so.
Today’s weather: -3C, sunny

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