Well here’s a few pics of my bicycle, finally. It’s a GT 2.0 (XL frame), that is rather dirty from Sunday’s excursion though you can’t really see that from the photos.

Yesterday I went cycling with Mike and Mike. The challenge was a Tokai forrest/mountain trail. To say that it defeated me is quite an understatement, I was absolutely obliterated by the steep inclines. This was quite an eye-opener for me, I knew I was unfit, but this just pointed out …

I switched up my gym schedule this week, and now I’m very sore. I was hobbling around the last two days doing a fairly impressive imitation of an octogenarian with osteoporosis. This of course is a direct result of my mixed up routine and the hard leg workout on Tuesday; …

So some of you already know that I bought a bike yesterday. This is part of my ongoing lifestyle adjustments to get fit, lose the excess fat, gain muscle, etc. Incidentally today marks my 1 year anniversary for gym, and in that time I’ve gone to gym 214 times… hmmm. …

According to Virgin Actives web site I’ve been to gym 62 times since 19 October when I started. I suppose when you go 5 times a week it adds up pretty quickly.
My gym situation has never really featured in this blog, and this trend probably won’t change much. I haven’t …

And… last night I realised how horribly unfit I am. I spent an hour in the gym last night and will again tonight, and probably tomorrow night as well. I cycled (I must quit the cardio) a whole 7.5km or so, that was the easy part, but the free weights …

Two and a half weeks later, I’m almost back to normal in terms of mobility. The only wound that was really any bother to me was the knee, not being able to walk properly for almost 2 weeks. My calf muscle was constantly rock solid stiff from all the strain …