My first month in the Gym
It has been more than a year since I have done any outdoor physical activity. I used to go out for cycling during weekend mornings with friends. But I stopped going after the last year's winter due to smog. All newspapers were full of articles showing impact of the smog on people living in NCR. Delhi-NCR was climbing the charts of most polluted cities in the world. Doctors have issued health advisory not to any physical activities in open during mornings and evenings. With all this I thought I will stop cycling for 3-4 of weeks and get back to the cycling routine once these smoggy winters are over. Winters passed, year passed, new winter arrived but I was still not got back to cycling. This taught me one thing about human behavior - "Longer the break, difficult to come back to routine".
In summers I started morning runs, did that for a month and had to stop because of monsoons. This was a year back. It has been a year I did not do any active physical activity. Everyday I was thinking today I will start but it took me a year to start again.
Last month I enrolled for gym membership. Manager at the gym was giving me discounts for half yearly and yearly packages but I opted for a month. I wanted to try it for a month and if I able to manage I will extend this to longer duration. Will write about my first few days experience and things which worked and did not work in a separate post.
I went to the gym regularly in last 30 days. After 1st week I had swollen arm and I had to take one week break from gym but after the recovery I returned gym with more enthusiasm.
I have completed the one month. Now I have enrolled for 6 months. I have also taken a personal trainer for a month to make my postures correct for different workouts. I have seen the difference in my workouts with the help for personal trainer. Now I have a specific goal in mind for next 5 months and I have planned out my workout and diet to achieve the goal. I will write about my fitness goal in details in subsequent posts. I will try to write a weekly post to document my fitness journey.
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This is going to be a great journey and would like to read more . I am sure it will encourage many lives who are struggling with health issues and fitness goals in this sedentary lifestyle . Be an inspiration.