Exercise overload
Umm.
So, those of you who know me well remember that I'm not sporty at _all_. I've generally been very sedentary, aside from the cross country skiing in Winter in Norway, and some cycling before I moved to Sydney (i.e. 6 years ago).
It should therefore really surprise you to find that my exercise going forward is looking to be:
I've also committed to trying Capoeira again, and am going to end up doing something like a 30km cycle with anthropic_mind every couple of weeks.
On the one hand, it's great that this company supports employees exercising so well (they actually contribute towards either a gym membership or private health insurance), and that the city's so well built for cycling.
On the other hand, WTF is going on with me? And is it good? I have no idea. I may not be able to keep up the bball and soccer, my knees are likely to fuck up if I try.
Also, I tried my first deadlift and bench press today. They were pretty good, but scary. Seems like with bad technique I could really injure myself if I end up doing much more weight, as compared to the weight machines I usually use, which are pretty hard to screw up I think.
If anyone's interested, I was doing: 70kg deadlift, 40kg bench press. Also chinups, but I can only do 2 without assistance (I do weigh 92kg or so though, I either need to get a LOT stronger or lose a bit of weight).
nadz0r knows the allure of sweet fucking guns. These are coming along nicely. Which is hilarious.
So, those of you who know me well remember that I'm not sporty at _all_. I've generally been very sedentary, aside from the cross country skiing in Winter in Norway, and some cycling before I moved to Sydney (i.e. 6 years ago).
It should therefore really surprise you to find that my exercise going forward is looking to be:
- Cycling to and from work daily (6.5km each way)
- Basketball on Tuesday lunch
- Soccer on Thursday lunch
- 40 minute weights workout Monday, Wednesday and Friday lunch
I've also committed to trying Capoeira again, and am going to end up doing something like a 30km cycle with anthropic_mind every couple of weeks.
On the one hand, it's great that this company supports employees exercising so well (they actually contribute towards either a gym membership or private health insurance), and that the city's so well built for cycling.
On the other hand, WTF is going on with me? And is it good? I have no idea. I may not be able to keep up the bball and soccer, my knees are likely to fuck up if I try.
Also, I tried my first deadlift and bench press today. They were pretty good, but scary. Seems like with bad technique I could really injure myself if I end up doing much more weight, as compared to the weight machines I usually use, which are pretty hard to screw up I think.
If anyone's interested, I was doing: 70kg deadlift, 40kg bench press. Also chinups, but I can only do 2 without assistance (I do weigh 92kg or so though, I either need to get a LOT stronger or lose a bit of weight).
nadz0r knows the allure of sweet fucking guns. These are coming along nicely. Which is hilarious.