So lately I’ve been upping my strength training on recommendation from my physio and I joined a gym. Something I thought I’d never say. I hate gyms. Mostly because I’m a disaster in public places – highly likely to drop weights on somebody or whack them with a bar. It’s just going to happen. So I sought out the least “gym” gym that I could find – Peak Altitude Training*. And the bonus was it came with an altitude chamber! So two things I used to hate – gyms and running on treadmills are now creeping their way into my weekly workout routine. * it is an awesomely scary F.I.T gym but quiet when classes aren't on and there's no beefcakes in nipple grazing singlets. My kind of space, me and my clumsiness alone! I’ll do another post in a month or so to update you on how it’s all going but so far I’m enjoying the new challenges and the quiet gym space (outside of lunchtime classes).
However, the biggest issue I have is that the gym is a good 1.6k jog through the city from my work. That means a lot of annoying dodging of all sorts of obstacles every time I need to get to a session. As a dedicated lover of trails and someone who seeks out “city” runs that involve no more than 1 set of traffic lights for every 20k (my preferred run commute), this has been doing my head in. In no particular order* my issues are… 1. All of the people (Sydney you suck!) 2. All of the smokers (as an ex-smoker I’m even more judgy on this!!) 3. All of the traffic lights (really do we need that many!) 4. People abruptly changing direction in front of you / just stopping with no warning (ARGH!) 5. People slowly drifting from the obvious path of direction they should be taking (usually on their phones) 6. Cars running red lights / blocking the crossings (hey that orange light means you stop and I go!) 7. Pollution from aforementioned cars and smokers dirtying up your pretty airways (especially after coming out of an altitude chamber!) *if I’m honest they are all as equally annoying as each other It’s almost worth looking for a new job over that side of town!!! ;-)
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