What a wake up call that was last night.
Wow.
We went for our fitness assessment last night at the new gym we joined in New Hamburg. Now I sit at a desk all day, maybe get up about 25 times a day to mainly use the washroom, get a drink or just wander around. On the weekends I don't go for a bike ride or a hike or to the park to throw the football around. I am not active. Period.
We were put through a series of test to see how we stacked up. First the scale, I clocked it at a cool 188 lbs, solid. Blood pressure was good, and resting heart rate was also good. Now for the chunk, BMI fat pincher device is next up...25.5% BMI, which makes me "over weight". Now for the fun shit.
Drop and give me how ever many push ups I can do.....8
Do as many sit ups as you can in 60 seconds......26
Do a wall sit for as long as you can.....60 seconds
Work the ghetto 1980's steps for 3 minutes....done - doubling my heart rate
I was cooked, not exhausted but definitely could feel that what I had just done was not my average get up to go pee sit back down sort of routine.
But that is why I joined the gym in the first place. So now it's all about improving, and determination to be better than how I was yesterday.
Each day being a little bit better than what/who/how I was yesterday.
Wish me luck cause hellll I am going to need it.