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CJ cares. Little chat today in the gym, asking how it's going, how it feels, and repeating the sad news that he'll be away on vacation for 4 weeks, starting next week. I wonder what he will be doing...

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MC?

I randomly glanced at the little individual stamp machines in the reception today while the lady at the desk put in my date of birth in the computer. Each employee has their own, labelled with their intials. There was CJ, HS (Zombie), TH (Beaver), JE (Ken) - and MC. MC? There is only one person left but that's MJ and should be, consequently M-J, not MC!

He changed his name? Did he get married?! I turn my head for a weekend and this is what happens...! Stay tuned, investigation follows...

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Realisation

You know when you know something, you're very well aware of it, but when you're faced with it, it still kind of hurts? This was it. I mean, I know, I'm not stupid, I know that I'm just another patient and that our little love story is only in my head. But when it struck me - that I'm just another patient - it had some sort of impact. I'm just the day job - the same I see my parents go to every day with a sigh, return from 8 hours later with an even louder sigh, only to illustrate with a sigh of relief on a Friday afternoon. The day job. What you do to put food on the table, and not by free will. I'm not saying you can't possibly enjoy it, by the way. I'm sure some do.

Could CJ be one of those?

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Decision

I've made a decision regarding tonight's training. As I have a gym session booked tomorrow at 8.30am I will only cycle 15 more minutes and do some light bending rather than a full mobility programme. I will simply be too tired tomorrow if I do that.

Boy, I will feel SO guilty about this!

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Saturday

Training:

15 mins cycling
15 mins cycling
Mobility
15 mins cycling
15 mins cycling
Mobility

Standard procedure, really.

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Word of the day:

SLOW: doing, moving or happening without much speed (Cambridge Dictionary Online)


Applicable to everything. Life, rehabilitation, progression, learning curve, you name it.


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Session

Training today:

15 mins cycling
Leg press: 70+75+75
Leg curl: 25+27.5+30
Balance: 3x1 min
Lifters
Squats: 3x10 reps
Interval cycling: 3x 10min

Also attempted some one-legged squats (10 reps) and it hurt, let me tell you that. Will do it properly Monday.

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Hello Intervals

Mr Physio approached me in the gym today (oh, yes he did, voluntarily and everything!) and said he'd forgotten an exercise. A little distant memory inside me from last ACL reconstruction, nudging on a sensitive nerve. He called my name and, in seemingly slow-motion, his hand was released in the air and eventually landed on the exercise bike next to him. I had been right. Interval cycling.

Last time round I had to do interval cycling and I absolutely hated it. HATED. IT. In a silent, short moment I thought I'd get away this time. CJ outsmarted me there. Beginning with 60 secs intervals, 10 mins in total. Times 3."Sweaty" is an understatement.

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Yesterday

Yesterday's training:

15 mins cycling
Mobility: pressers; heel slides; prone knee flexion; lifters; balance board
20 mins cycling
(Triceps/chest/shoulders/abs/upper back)
15 mins cycling
20 mins cycling
Mobility: as above

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8am

It's 8am and again I'm soon awaiting a gym session. Again I ask myself why. Again I explain to myself that I get it done in the morning and can enjoy sun all the rest of the day. Today, however, my arms are aching from yesterday, my glutes are dead from, well I don't know what, squats maybe.

Let me put it this way: a little less than motivated today.

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