A Bug's Life

This is a versatile userpic; it works for modern art, cycling and exercise.

I went to the gym this morning for my New Member Health Check, where they said polite things about my nice low blood pressure and pulse and my nice high water and fruit/veg consumption. For my waist/weight/BMI they said "It's nice to have these things written down so you can see how your body changes as you exercise." That's three gym visits in my first week, I thought I'd stay and do a workout.

My favourite leg press machine had a fault, so I decided to do squats with a barbell instead and trekked to the free weights end of the gym. I was a little mortified to find that my arms and shoulders are so puny that I couldn't lift the barbell from the rack onto my shoulders; I asked a chap how one might do this and he showed me how to set up and use the standing squat machine (which was nice). It's much harder work than the leg press machine but I did feel good afterwards. I've spent most of the afternoon feeling ready for a well-earned nap :-)

( Weights numbers mostly for my reference )