Ok, after a short break from the last project, I've had to start again because I really haven't been doing much exercise except for walking around London hunting down eggs and I've managed to reset my weight all the way back to the beginning again....... or the scales is wrong.
This time round, I've paid to join a gym in Crystal Palace Park, which technically means that if I don't go, I'm wasting my own money which I really don't feel like doing.
I paid for an induction and it's very different from the stuff they do in HK. In HK, the induction would just be to show you around the gym and give an explanation of the equipment. At least, that's what I usually see, and there are so many people in the gym that it feels that it's not possible that anyone would help out with personal training. Then again, I was going to a cheaper gym.
Ok, I was quite pleased about the induction. The guy wasn't paying much attention to me, but he kind of figured out that I knew what I was doing.....which I hope I was, because I've read the instructions and seen a number of videos on youtube so I hope I have the right technique when I'm using the equipment. He did correct me a few times so I still have room for improvement.
Here's how it went down for the instructor to evaluate me. He put me up on a cross trainer for 2 minutes for a quick warm up, then some light stretches. Then it was onto the treadmill, where I walked for 1 minute and then had a light jog for the next minute and it alternated like that for 6 minutes. I then went onto the bike for 4 minutes. After all these exercises I felt fine and I didn't feel pushed at all. I think I just about broke a very light sweat, but I wasn't even out of breath. I found out that he wasn't pushing me on purpose because he wasn't happy with me eating cereal in the morning and thought that I might no have enough energy to do a full workout.
Anyway, I then went onto some resistance machines. One was called a vertical traction, another called a pectoral and the last one was the leg press. They were set to next to the lightest setting and I only did one set of 15 reps.
Next, I went onto functional training with a rotary torso, sit-ups and reverse crunch. The rotary torso machine was weird and I had some trouble trying to figure out how to use it, but it should be fine the next time I try to use it again. The reverse crunches were a little scary. My "six pack" started to spasm right after I finished and tried to sit up and it almost felt like it was trying to go into a cramp, but didn't know how and was just individually tensing up. I might need to do a little more research to see if I'm doing the form correctly..... or see if I've got a problem with my stomach muscles.
Finally, I went back on the cross trainer for another 2 minutes then did some stretches and that was the end of my induction.
What I didn't know what was happening was that aside from evaluating me, he was also building a program for me to continue my goal of losing weight. I won't know what's written down, until I come back round tomorrow and see the card. I'm guessing that it's going to be an extension of what I've done today.
Well, my weight right now is 86.5kg. now that I've joined the gym, what is going to happen? Will the pounds start falling off, or will it all be just money down the drain.
Is there an app to try and keep track of what I'm doing?
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