Still at it!

I had intended to go to the gym first thing this morning, but I overslept, waking up at 7am. Ha ha, I've just read that first sentence back to myself. How times change. Only a few weeks ago I'd have considered waking up at 7am a major success, giving me plenty of time for a shower, a shave, and breakfast. Usually one of those three gets missed! These days I have the alarm set for 5:45am, and the alarm on my phone set for 6am. In fact this morning I did wake up at 5:30, I opened my eyes and wondered why it was all quiet. Once I'd looked at the clock and realised why it was all quiet, I went back to sleep. And I slept through both alarms for at least an hour. Ah well, no time to go to the gym this morning, but everything was packed and ready so I threw it all in the car and planned to go this evening.

And indeed I did go this evening. I read somewhere or heard somewhere that if you want to lose weight then you exercise in the morning, and if you want to gain muscle then you exercise in the evening. I've no idea if there's any truth in this at all, but my opinion is that exercise at any time of the day can't be bad for you.

This evening I tried to replicate the workout I did with the personal trainer last Saturday. I started on the treadmill, doing two minutes on and one minute off. I was only on it for 12-13 minutes however, not the 20 minutes I did on Saturday. My legs still ached when I got off it though, so I'm not letting myself get off easily. I worked my way round all the machines I was shown at the weeked, but not in the same order. I've no idea if the order in which you exercise different muscles makes any difference at all, but after starting on the treadmill I was in the mood to do some work with my arms and shoulders.

Even though the gym was busy I didn't really have to wait for any of the machines - if the machine I wanted next was already in use then I'd switch to a different machine, or take a break for a minute or two. I worked my arms, legs, stomach, back, shoulders and, er, that was it I think.

At the moment the plan is to get to the gym early tomorrow morning for a cardio workout, we'll see if that actually happens or not!

Also, I mustn't forget that I'm giving the big boss man a lift into work tomorrow - we're going to the office via the Bentley dealership so he can get his car back from the shop. It wouldn't be a good idea to piss off the guy who signs your pay cheques!