Scottish gyms reopening from 31st August
Getting really upset with another injury where I donāt know what it is. Massively struggling now.
iāve started getting paranoid about hurting my rotator cuff for no good reason.
blaming @anon26275971
i see children skateboarding now just bouncing off concrete and i wince thinking about how badly one slightly wrong landing would destroy me
speaking of injuries - i have a soreness around the shoulder blade area, i still have a full range of motion but if iām say, pulling a door behind me I get a slight twinge of pain. It seems way too minor to go to a doctor about, especially at the moment, but itās not going away (managed it a few weeks ago now, I was making a throwing motion with my arm and immediately could feel something give)
Off to the gym or pool six days in a row!
Week 36
8 games/ 8 hours
18 goals
0 injuries
Itās good to be back!
Ran 5k in like just over 27 minutes today. Thatās well good. Hadnāt timed myself running for a few years but previous best was 29.30 or something
Week 36
9 games/ 9 hours
18 goals
1 injury (omitted from last update)
Gonna go to the gym tonight for the first time back, planning to start with about 25% of the weight I was lifting/pushing/pulling before lockdown but even thatās probably going to be too much atm
So weird, the gym used to be a big part of my life pre-lockdown but I have no desire to go back right now, despite them opening up here
I reckon I can lift more now so I might venture back during the day when I am off next week. Sure we have had this chat already but what are everyoneās thoughts - do they seem safe?
can have a go if you want
I think it depends on the gym. Mine is vast with good ventilation and enough equipment and space that the can shut every other thing off and you donāt have to be within 10m of anyone. If you go outside of the busy hours (7-8am, 5-7pm) itās pretty quiet. Temperature checks on the doors, plenty of sanitiser, sprays etc for cleaning. Theyāre using PT staff to act as additional cleaners so the equipment is being constantly cleaned. So mine is probably much safer than any pub or restaurant but of course thereās still a risk, like there will be for doing anything indoors. Having said that I imagine smaller gyms wouldnāt be able to manage anything like that.
What has your gym communicated to you that theyāve implemented?
Iāve walked over 650 (specific walking) miles in the last three and a half months, ran a mile for the first time in who knows how long. Been doing kettlebell stuff as well and lost lots of weight. Three trouser sizes at least.
Then I went to my sisterās yesterday and she had some scales and I havenāt weighed myself in well over a decade. I couldnāt believe how much I fucking weighed! More that I would have predicted before I started losing weight.
After a few hours of shock and revulsion it has just made me redouble my efforts. So thatās goodā¦ Iāve also ordered some scales as well as I just canāt believe it (although I guess hers were correct). Fuck!
Itās one of āThe Gymā gyms so they have quite a good list of things that they doing (including an āelectrostatic cleaning blastersā?!) but it is the basement of a building so will have next to no ventilation. Hmmm, might see how I feel next week but maybe not worth risking it when I am perfectly happy with my home set up at the moment.
iām wondering if the busy hours are going to be the same as usual since everyone works from home now
Thatās a good point actually, my gym was very busy from office workers nearby. I still think after 7:30 will be pretty quiet.
Yeah her scales werenāt far offā¦
itās all muscle man, those kettlebells must be doing the trick
for real though i wouldnāt sweat what the scale says. sounds like youāre doing amazing and everything is moving in the right direction so just keep at it.