[Update]

[puddingcat]

Needless to say, I didn't get a shag (be it woolly, feathered or otherwise). Nor did I get vodka. By the time I got home, I had the energy to check e-mail, make a new LJ icon (that still looks skinny after being stretched sideways in Photoshop, though at least it's pigeon-toed), and then go to bed.

i thought that exercise was supposed to make you sleep better? Since starting the gym thing, I've been waking up throughout the night & not getting back to sleep. I'm knackered & mentally dazed all the time. I'm not overdoing it (checking heart rates etc). Bah.

Mind you; after 4 visits, I've upped the amount I can run lurch from 1km in 10m to 1.8km in 15 mins. I can run lurch for 15 minutes without stopping! Go me! God I'm crap.

Comments

[ihavecake.livejournal.com]

If this is the first training you've done in ages perhaps just go every other day? Training everyday is good for building up muscles, but for cardio and lung capacity stuff every other day works just as well and gives you a little time to get used to the effort.

[puddingcat.livejournal.com]

The gym's int he city centre, so it makes sense to go straight from work - and I only work 4 days a week. I'm working on the theory that if I *aim* for Tues - Weds - Thurs and slip one day, I'll have Friday to catch up (most weeks).

Also, I need the muscle as well atm; my legs are failing before my lungs & heart do, so building them up would be handy (if legs can be handy...). I'll probably slack off soon enough & not go on consecutive days, but the membership's only a 6 week one, nd the run is in 8 weeks or threabouts, so pushing myself (up to a point) can't hurt :)