Did last workout at Fitness First with JoJo.  Gym membership ends today.  Lower body workout this afternoon:

 

Diagonal Leg Press

- 26 kg - 1 set x 20 reps , 36 kg - 2 sets x 15 reps

 

Walking Lunges

- one end of the gym to the other and back

 

Abdominal Crunch Machine

- can't remember...maybe 25 kg? 3 sets - 15 reps, 20 reps, 10 reps

- Plank position after 2nd and 3rd set of machine crunches - 60 seconds, 30 seconds

 

Crunches on a ball

- 3 sets of 20, 2 sets with arms over chest, last set with arms out and fingers at temples

 

Memorable workout moments:

- JoJo promising not to cry and he didn't

 

- The leg press tired me out and when I said the protein shake wasn't working, JoJo quipped "It's protein dear, not steroids"

 

- Continuing to count after 30 seconds of Plank position and after 1 minute, JoJo went "And how long are you planning to stay there?" and I laughed and got down

 

- On the ball during crunches for last set with fingers on temples and arms out, JoJo commenting my abs are really flat and asked me to look at the mirror to see the shape of my deltoids

 

- Wasn't too cold walking to and from gym

 

Was hungry but heading to gym soon so I downed a protein shake.  Urghs.  Skulled the thing then shuddered at the end with face cringed.

 

Chocolate or not, the stuff is yucky.  I'm supposedly drinking a brand that's the best tasting; according to people I've asked.

 

I don't think I can do 5 mini-meals a day.  I definitely can't do protein shakes.

 

Still shuddering.

It was so cold walking to the gym today.

 

Upper body workout today.  Lactic acid seemed to build up faster than usual.  It's all a blur now.  The smith machine. The dumb bells.  The cable pulls.  The tricep pull downs.  The push ups.  The usual 45 mins of huffing, puffing and not blowing any house down.

 

JoJo asked me to help him think of a company name.  It occupied me for the entire workout.  I suggested Mojo JoJo since all the Men's Health/bodybuilding magazines always have covers about workouts and more sex.  JoJo whips people into shape and gives them their Mojo back.  So Austin Powers and Powder Puff Girls.  I know.

 

Brisk walked/jogged 3 km.

 

The farewell meals are piling up around my waist faster than I can work them off.

 

It was still cold when I walked home.

 

I still don't have any suggestions for naming Evil JoJo's fitness empire.

 

Signed up at Runner Plus and Nike Plus yesterday but have yet to upload any data.

 

I'm taking a break from packing/sealing/stacking 7 boxes (2 more to go) of personal belongings to send home.  Also taking a break from re-arranging furniture back to the furnished apartment's original layout.  These activities ought to count as incidental exercise.

The Nike+iPod device needs to be calibrated. 400m means I need to go to the nearest athletics track at the university in the next suburb.  Then I saw the weather for the next couple of days:

 

Whereas this is the kind of temperature I'm more used to:

Memorable workout moments:

 

Moment 1:

When this came over the P.A. system: "Attention ridiculously good looking membership consultants, will [name of consultant] please come to Reception, thanks".

 

Moment 2:

After struggling with the weights for some bicep curls

Me: I wasn't faking that

Joel: [grin and rebuttal] Well, I have no experience with women to know

Me: [laughs]

Joel: You left yourself wide open with that one

Me: I know...I just walked right into that one.  I hate you; stop making me laugh

 

Moment 3:

When a Fantastic Plastic Machine song started on iPod.

 

Moment 4:

Singing the Transformers cartoon song when the trailer for the movie came on and getting all the words wrong - and getting caught out by Joel.

 

 

Apart from that, a relatively difficult 45 min upper body workout then a brisk 35 min walk on 2.0 to 3.0 incline on treadmill, within maximum heart rate training zone.

I don't always blog this - every workout is always accompanied by muscle ache the day after.  I warm up, work out, warm down but I'll still ache the day after.  Sometimes the aches start the night itself.

 

You'd imagine all this muscle ache would lead to visible muscles but there's no evidence until I'm actually lifting weights.

 

Just couldn't get my act together today.  The stress and fatigue from the last couple of days have left me feeling very flat.  Usually I can push and will my body to co-operate.  Today I was tired, felt really flat and it showed.  Joel shook his head as I struggled with the lightest of weights today during the first exercise - box squats.  Not a proud moment.  He asked if I wanted to reschedule the workout.  After a very uninspiring first set with dumb bells, he switched to having me do exercises using my body weight instead.  Lunges from one end of the gym to the other.  Push ups.  Tried weights again with lat pull downs then assisted dips.

 

Really struggled at the gym today.  I was shaking involuntarily while trying to complete what I can normally do with ease and/or push on for extra reps.  Today even the simplest and lightest of tasks had me tired out and breathing very hard.  I didn't have any jokes to lighten the moment with and Joel said he was tempted to tickle me.  I was really scattered and had trouble focusing. 

 

At the end of the work out he told me to eat something good, climb into bed to rest and do whatever I need to do, tomorrow.

 

5 Jun edit:

- popped a flu tab and took a 2 hour nap and felt better after