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Gym

I went to the gym yesterday! 2nd time. Last Friday I just followed my colleagues out of curiosity and then they got me to do some stretching exercises which are no joke by the way!! My legs were so sore I really needed to take full care when bending my legs! And that too, I did in my jeans. Haha. Wasn't dressed for it but oh wells just gave it a try.

So yesterday I joined them again, this time I brought proper clothes and shoes and I was all psyched to get myself in shape! It was also my first time on the threadmill hurhur I know so suaku right. I don't go gyms and when I do jog (not run), it's at the park near my mum's house. And me and my lack of balancing skills, I was kinda scared so I held on to the handles when I started for the first 5 to 10 minutes or so. One good thing about the threadmill is that you have to force yourself to keep up with the speed. If you're in a park running, then you will tend to slow down or walk and that kills momentum. I didn't push myself a lot, didn't want to give my body a scare but the 15 minutes was a good start, then I did this skiing machine thingy which was even more tiring on the legs!

But the killer part was the stretches. Oooh yes. The squats. Lunges. Faints.

Today there's netball for happy hour, I hope it happens (last week it didn't cos of the rain) and here's to a healthier & fitter me! Yay!


My shoes which The Husband bought for me even before we got married to encourage me to exercise but sadly after marriage I never did use them hurhur. That's LONG. Hello again!

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