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Well this morning I was up at the usual time and heading into the gym for my Pilates session, it went very well today I am starting to feel stronger and find some of the moves much easier than they were a few weeks back… and finding it easier to stand up straight and hold myself correctly, although I still seem to have a habit of slouching at my desk… oops.
So after Pilates I headed to the Jacuzzi where I met my friend from yesterday, who commented “See I recognise you now your in your trunks” I had a bubble in the still rather foamy Jacuzzi and then went to steam my aching muscles, all good.
So after Pilates I headed to the Jacuzzi where I met my friend from yesterday, who commented “See I recognise you now your in your trunks” I had a bubble in the still rather foamy Jacuzzi and then went to steam my aching muscles, all good.
Now I know that some people feel the cold more than others, and I do understand that sitting in an all-male office I have the luxury of the thermostat staying on a constant 22’C summer or winter, and granted my Muscles are always warm at the moment and my metabolism burning like mad, but today I had to nip up to another office, I walked in the door and already felt the heat hit, it was like an oven… when I then started doing what I needed I felt REALLY embarrassed, all I had to do was move one piece of furniture, open up the back of a desk and plug in a few cables, well I was pouring with sweat, drenched, I was sweating more than I do in a spin class, I was protesting “Honestly I am not unfit, I go to the gym every morning this is mad” luckily the lady who sits in this office agreed it was usually far to hot up there and that she just dresses accordingly, i.e. for summer… I finished up my job, put the desk back together and left, a little embarrassed and soaked, I then just stood outside in the wind for a good 5 minutes before I returned to my desk, back to normal… I have always known that my body is great at keeping itself warm, with the exception of my feet that I usually cover up of an evening, and my partner is often saying “It’s cold” when I am feeling fine, but I did think that was a little over hot, to be honest I can’t imagine how they stay awake up there in the afternoon.
It did make me think though, if I was unfit I would have been up there doing that work sweating like mad, and struggling with the heat the work would have taken me longer as my muscles wouldn’t have been able to cope, and my body probably wouldn’t have been able to regulate the temperature as fast as it did, I decided it was testament to how fit I actually am that my body with its muscles being hot from the gym, being thrown into a hot environment still managed to allow me to happily move furniture while trying to regulate my temperature, well this is my excuse and I am sticking to it!! But if it’s always that warm up there I am surprised there aren’t more ill people floating around.
So now that I have cooled off, I am sitting here feeling good from my Pilates, all I can feel at the moment is a slight muscle ache in my shin’s and shoulders, but nothing that will stop me, and as I think I have probably said before DOMS (Delayed Onset of Muscular Soreness) left over from exercising is often a very nice feeling, you see to grow muscles we have to “damage” them… well that is lifting the weights or working out causes very small micro-tear’s, the body then rebuilds this damage only making it stronger, hence our muscle mass grows, the body is making an effort to say “Oh, I don’t want that to happen again, so I’ll make it better” This is how our muscles grow… and this is why we get this gentle ache, and that makes me feel good, it means I have worked hard enough for my body to need recovery, this means at I sit here “Repairing” myself, every minute I am getting stronger… HOW COOL IS THAT!? You know maybe I should become a Personal Trainer? This stuff AMAZES me!
Time to discuss the food…
I am really starting to get into this food diary thing, there are two main reasons for this, as I tend to write this blog throughout the day, 5 minutes here, 5 there, I means that to an extent I have to plan what I am cooking for dinner, so I don't have to change the blog, it also means that I am not deviating from my food and snacking on things I shouldn't as I would feel VERY guilty putting on there "Snack: Masses of Chocolate" so actually creating this food diary is giving me strength to say no to stuff that I shouldn't eat.
As you have all guessed by now, I am currently training to run the London Marathon to raise money for Asthma UK, this is an organisation that I have a great deal of admiration for, not always in the limelight but really out there saving lives, and they need our help... To find out more about what Asthma UK do, visit http://www.asthma.org.uk then pop along to my Virgin Money Just Giving Page here http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JohnClitherow and sponsor me, so toghether we can support Asthma UK.
Live Strong,
Jay (Red John).
It did make me think though, if I was unfit I would have been up there doing that work sweating like mad, and struggling with the heat the work would have taken me longer as my muscles wouldn’t have been able to cope, and my body probably wouldn’t have been able to regulate the temperature as fast as it did, I decided it was testament to how fit I actually am that my body with its muscles being hot from the gym, being thrown into a hot environment still managed to allow me to happily move furniture while trying to regulate my temperature, well this is my excuse and I am sticking to it!! But if it’s always that warm up there I am surprised there aren’t more ill people floating around.
So now that I have cooled off, I am sitting here feeling good from my Pilates, all I can feel at the moment is a slight muscle ache in my shin’s and shoulders, but nothing that will stop me, and as I think I have probably said before DOMS (Delayed Onset of Muscular Soreness) left over from exercising is often a very nice feeling, you see to grow muscles we have to “damage” them… well that is lifting the weights or working out causes very small micro-tear’s, the body then rebuilds this damage only making it stronger, hence our muscle mass grows, the body is making an effort to say “Oh, I don’t want that to happen again, so I’ll make it better” This is how our muscles grow… and this is why we get this gentle ache, and that makes me feel good, it means I have worked hard enough for my body to need recovery, this means at I sit here “Repairing” myself, every minute I am getting stronger… HOW COOL IS THAT!? You know maybe I should become a Personal Trainer? This stuff AMAZES me!
Time to discuss the food…
- Breakfast: Eat Natural Bar
- Post Workout: Protein Shake
- Morning Snack: Apple
- Lunch: Sausage sandwich (Made using my home-made bread)
- Dinner: Bubble and Squeak, And a Protein Shake
I am really starting to get into this food diary thing, there are two main reasons for this, as I tend to write this blog throughout the day, 5 minutes here, 5 there, I means that to an extent I have to plan what I am cooking for dinner, so I don't have to change the blog, it also means that I am not deviating from my food and snacking on things I shouldn't as I would feel VERY guilty putting on there "Snack: Masses of Chocolate" so actually creating this food diary is giving me strength to say no to stuff that I shouldn't eat.
As you have all guessed by now, I am currently training to run the London Marathon to raise money for Asthma UK, this is an organisation that I have a great deal of admiration for, not always in the limelight but really out there saving lives, and they need our help... To find out more about what Asthma UK do, visit http://www.asthma.org.uk then pop along to my Virgin Money Just Giving Page here http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/JohnClitherow and sponsor me, so toghether we can support Asthma UK.
Live Strong,
Jay (Red John).
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