Friday was supposed to be a day of absolute torture. A nice casual swimming session first thing in the morning before work, followed by a heavier session in the pool for lunch. After work would be a 2 hour affair with the gym, with a 1 hour chlorine chaser.
This however fell apart from the crack of dawn. Well, I say the crack of dawn, I actually woke up late, meaning no time for swimming. So, I thought I would swim my ass off at lunch, which I did. After completing 54 Lengths (1350 metres) I carried on with work until 5pm. Here is where my plans really went to shit. I was invited out to China Town in Birmingham for an all you can eat buffet. To a fitness fanatic like myself, an all you can eat chinese is like a greasy slice of kryptonite. 8 dishes later, all my hard work had been completely undone. I could barely stand up right with how much I had eaten.
Bring on Saturday. Revenge would be mine...
And that it was.
Soon after awaking Saturday morning I was packing my towel and heading off to the swimming baths. On a side note, I never want kids.
After attempting to accomplish some laps in the main pool, I was forced into the lone lane meant for serious swimmers. A great decision on my behalf, because I managed more laps in one sitting than ever before. 64 laps in just over 1 hour, which is pretty much exactly 1 mile.
Before I could give myself a break, I was home and downing a protein shake, ready for the next 2 exercise sessions. Over at Beaconside Sports Centre, we had managed to procure the room for a couple hours for a bit of Martial Arts training. In other words, beating each other senseless. It all started off with some innocent "rolling" and ended up with us donning gloves and laying into each other. After some sweat angels, we called it a day and the other guys left to lick their tired wounds. Meanwhile, I changed into some more comfortable attire and headed straight into the gym. I worked mainly on the same muscles as every other time in the gym, except this time I worked especially hard on my cardio. 40 minutes of pretty intense action on the recumbent bike.
Another protein shake to chase down all the carnage I had caused and my day was over.
TODAY, after sleeping in till 4pm (seriously!) my intentions of swimming and the gym had been all but shattered. So now I intend to don my sexy looking shorts and go for a 3.3 mile jog around Stafford, followed by a nice work out with my dumbells. That is what I hope will now happen, place your bets neowww if you think I'll end up doing something completely different.
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