I’ve not posted about the Gym for a very long time, like the 10th March 2020, just before my world was thrown into chaos. However I have been back, several times. According to my records I started back on the 28th April. Crickey was it that far back that Gyms were allowed to operate again? Of course there was still a risk of COVID but the Gym was very well prepared with plenty of space and bottles of disinfectant spray a plenty.
So to prove I’ve kept at it, here is a list of my dates of attendance so far –
| Date | Calorie burn | Time ( minutes ) |
| 28th April | 300 | 40:58 |
| 3rd May | 240 | 30:00 |
| 6th May | 255 | 30:00 |
| 11th May | 525 | 45:00 |
| 14th May | 545 | 45:00 |
| 18th May | 300 | 33:15 |
| 21st May | 300 | 34:58 |
| 23rd May | 500 | 44:04 |
| 25th May | 500 | 36:57 |
| 28th May | 732 | 60:00 |
| 15th June | 300 | 32:44 |
| 18th June | 500 | 58:41 |
| 19th June | 316 | 30:00 |
| 18th October | 300 | 27:18 |
| 27th October | 300 | 28:18 |
| 2nd November | 350 | 29:56 |
| 8th November | 750 | 76:16 |
What you are seeing here is purely on the cross-trainer. There are a couple of notes to add.
30th of June I had to go and see Sam for damage control on my back. 18th and 19th were too much and had caused issues, which Sam helped put right.
There is a break of July, August and September. The reason is that I had got the eBike up together and was going out on rides on that. I didn’t record these exercises too well but I was getting plenty of exercise.
There is a story about the last entry. I had been slowly increasing my total calorie burn and for the 8th November I was going to target 400 calories. I take the headphones and play music off the phone. This evening it was “The best of Def Leppard”. I started with Track 1 and got going. I decided I would keep at it until “Rock of Ages” had finished. What I hadn’t realised was that “Rock of Ages” is track 15 on a 17 track album. So by the time I reached this goal I was already in the 600 calorie band. The next track was “Hysteria”, which is another great track and I had to listen to that. Then there was just “Bringin’ on the heartache” and the album was done. As the last track faded out I passed 730 calories, so I then lowered the load from 20 to 10 and used the last 20 calories as a cool down. I did know about that session but I was fine the next day.
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Do you still go to the gym Dave?
Yes, well I was until Omicron appeared. While I have to say that my gym went beyond the call of duty to keep everyone safe, it is clear that Omicron is a lot more capable a predator. As a result I haven’t been for about a month. I am going walking when I can to compensate.