That was so much easier than I thought!

So I'm just back from the gym after being away from it for a full week, my nerves were probably at their peak, however, I got through it and went in, this time I got a couple of looks as I walked in and peoples heads turned, this again may have just been an innocent look, sometimes we can't help ourselves to look when someone walks into a room, there were no obvious signs that this was anything malicious, but me being me automatically assumes the worst. I sheepishly go and put my bag into the locker and crack on, what came next really, really surprised me.

This is the first time I've noticed a real difference in my ability at the gym, in previous days, I very much felt that awful burning  and aching sensation in pretty much a few minutes, but as time went on, I was absolutely fine and could manage so much more than I did in previous times, my legs just didn't ache at all for maybe the first 10-15 minutes, then it started, this was a weird sensation, not one I've ever really felt before, albeit made me very proud of my achievements. I also noticed that my heart rate was taking slightly longer to reach Moderate-Peak, not sure if I'm just imagining it, but if I'm not, then this change has come about pretty quickly, and I've surprised myself, if this is what happens after just 3 days, then imagine what would happen after 2 weeks.

I definitely managed to do more than I ever have done today, with the exception of not being able to do much on the Elliptical at the end (LOL), but not only did I manage to do more in general but I managed to do it for longer at a slightly quicker pace, something I'm going to slowly build on. One thing that I haven't changed in all of the days, is the level of the incline I set on the treadmill, I use a 4% incline, which I will slowly start to increase, this makes it a tougher workout, sometimes it feels like I'm clambering up this really steep hill and believe me you can feel the pinch after you've walked at an incline for a while.

As stated previously, I use an Apple Watch S3 to track my workouts and calorie burn, etc. Whilst I know that the Calorie burn maybe slightly overestimated, I've calibrated my watch to make sure it's as accurate as possible, I believe the margin of error is around 5% so not too bad, you may think that the calorie burn is ridiculously high, but I have a lot of weight behind me and it's easier for me to burn more calories because of my size and the amount of effort required would naturally be greater because it's a tough job being the fat kid.

So, I plan on sharing my exercise activity report from my phone for future workouts, the distances and speeds seem relatively low, but I also do have a bad hip and suffer from a couple of other ailments that I'll share with you later on in the journey. Please cast judgment aside, in the grand scheme of things, I know this may not seem like a huge workout to you, but to me it's huge, and I sweat from ear to ear.

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Today's Workout