Day of RestI returned to the gym after deciding to take a week off from exercising because it had been a while since I last had a rest and, like a mother with a pram on the first day of the next sale, I thought this was a good idea. I was also starting to get a few too many niggly injuries so this would give them all time to heal.
· Metatarsal – Actually it’s some muscles in the top of my foot but a metatarsal injury is more fashionable now-a-days. I think I did this at Football and it was certainly fixed by the Wednesday of my rest week; when I played football. (I can’t have a rest from Football because I have a team that relies on me.)
· Knee – This was caused by running home, or to be more precise, it was caused by me not cooling down properly after running. It was cured by the Thursday of my rest week, I know this because I ran home and it was ok. (I can’t rest from running home because my work colleagues would have laughed at me)
· Wrist – Caused or certainly agrevated when pushing open the wet outside door to my flats and my hand sort of slipped. I thought this was cured until the Saturday afternoon. My Canadian Girlfriend was out and I had a quick “shower” and the act of having a “shower” put on my wrist re-injured it. (I certainly can’t stop having a “shower”)
I also had some bad news before I took my week off. I managed to lose my little book where I write down all my exercises I do, the weight I lift and the reps I do. Before I lost this, I would have been able to tell you exactly what exercises I was doing on October 29th 2006. In fact I can tell you that without the book, it was a Sunday so I didn’t go to the gym.
Losing this book has hit me harder than I first thought. I wouldn’t mind but for about 6 weeks before that, I kept telling myself that I should photocopy / scan the entire book so I had a backup. Although on the plus side, it has allowed me to “forget” some exercises that I do which I’ve never really liked and lower the weight on some I’ve been struggling with.
Having a week off has not just been tough on me. It must be tough on all those people who mistake me for a gym instructor. Who will they have been asking their stupid questions to? And what about the fan club of women I have who stand around watching me through an intricate system of mirros so as not to incur the wrath of My Canadian Girlfriend who normally prowls behind me like a panther ready to pounce on anyone who get’s too close.
The hardest thing I have found on my return though is trying to work out the rules to the new Jasper Carrott game show on ITV, which is made harder since the gym doesn't have the sound on - or have subtitles. It seems to involve people opening large golden Kinder Eggs and then throwing them into some sort of Lottery Machine. They open some of them, close some of them, everyone looks intense then there's a winner.
My return also gives me the chance to wear one of the new sleeveless workout shirts I purchased from the sale at the Adidas shop. It has been mentioned to me by certain interested parties that I may have acquired too many sleeveless workout shirts. So after undertaking a short analysis of my wardrobe and how I spend my week, I have produced the following pictoral representation.
My return also gives me the chance to wear one of the new sleeveless workout shirts I purchased from the sale at the Adidas shop. It has been mentioned to me by certain interested parties that I may have acquired too many sleeveless workout shirts. So after undertaking a short analysis of my wardrobe and how I spend my week, I have produced the following pictoral representation.
So in this analysis, it is easy to see that I actually have about the right amount of gym clothes – about 10% of my wardrobe – given that I spend about 10% of my week in the exercising. I have, however, noticed that I don’t really have enough sleepwear so I’m off for a spending spree.
But what is nice to know is that a week off really hasn’t affected my fitness or physique. Midway through the week off, I noticed those two little lines at the bottom of my six pack had finally appeared.
But what is nice to know is that a week off really hasn’t affected my fitness or physique. Midway through the week off, I noticed those two little lines at the bottom of my six pack had finally appeared.
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