Today I joined the gym!
My Induction lasted over an hour. After the paperwork and explaining my reasons for wanting to join, I was shown 6 different bits of apparatus by my trainer Christian. I'm going to have trouble remembering how to get started on most of them, what with programme selection, resistance selection, weight selection and number of repetitions - I'm going to need my glasses too as I can't make out the instruction notices without them!
First attempt on a treadmill was not good but I got the hang of it after 5 minutes walking at 3 miles an hour. Lots of work to do there! I fared better with the rowing machine and maintained 25 strokes per minute quite easily over 500 metres. The Cross Trainer - arms and legs going at once - can't be programmed until you get it moving. I had some difficulty pressing the buttons and keeping everything going at the same time but as I got a bit of rhythm things improved. My heart rate went up too, but not alarmingly. Christian said it was pretty good for my age - he'd seen a lot worse!
Into the weights room next, for work on my upper body using 3 different machines. I discovered that my arms don't mind pulling but pushing is another matter. Even more work required! Finally I treated my lower back to some 'reverse sit ups'. After pushing myself down from a sitting to a lying position the machine sent me back up. Not bad at all except for the stiff neck needed to keep my head from falling off! And so my Training Schedule card was completed, placed in the rack and I booked another Induction session with Andrea same time next week.
By now the pool was open for lunchtime swimming and I managed 20 lengths before driving home for a very late lunch.
No picture today.
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