Gymming it!

I got off my bum and went to the gym last night for the first time in absolute ages and, surprisingly, I loved it even though I got the most unattractive sweat on and was surrounded by culchies. My fitness levels are far lower than they have been in while but that will be due to the surgery I had back in September and a very sedentary lifestyle since then.

My workout consisted of:

• a 3min warm up on the cross trainer followed by calf, thigh, hamstring, deltoid & tricep stretches.
  
• A 15min interval training session on the cross trainer at level 9 that I thought was going to kill me followed by some more stretching.
  
• 2 sets of 10 reps on the chest press (the weight was only at 7.5kg but it was more than enough!!).
  
• 10mins on the treadmill, it took me a while to work out how to use this treadmill so I probably only got a good 8 minutes of running done but it was hard going, especially after the cross trainer.
  
• Lots more stretching of legs and arms before I moved onto the free weights.
  
• Then 2 sets of 12 reps doing bicep curls with 3kg weights while sitting on an inclined wieghts bench followed by 2 sets of 12 reps doing tricep kick backs with 2kg weights. The time in between reps I used to stretch out my triceps and biceps.
  
• Finally I did a 3 minute cool down on the cross trainer followed by all the stretches I did at the start with a bit of extra stretching on my biceps, triceps and the front of my thighs as these were the sorest places.

Today I feel a bit achey in my arms and across the front of my chest but in a good way. I think the major amounts of stretching I did will really have helped ease off any pain I'd be feeling otherwise. Since I'm so out of shape I'm going to have 2 rest days before throwing myself back into it but I'm really looking forward to Saturday for my next gym session.