When RM600 strutted to the gym

And so I told myself ... you need all the boost you can get if you intend to make this works.  That was when I decided a little make-over could do the trick.  However, just to get the guilt off my chest, I did make a quick arithmetic in my head even as I was making my way into the sports shop where I inevitably (aarrrgghh ... nothing comes cheap these days) ended up with an RM600 worth of sports attire.  My purse was definitely so much lighter after that but I chose not to dwell too long on the fact.  Can't be waiting until I'm too old to even lift a finger, to be spending on myself.  And that was how, the second trip to the gym, saw me strutting in, beaming silly for all I care, an unofficial ambassador for Nike gear!  Hehehehe ...

Unfortunately, I spent a longer period in the kitchen (preparing dinner of course) in my new gear than I was at the gym!  I finally got to meet Zaidi, the other instructor that my friend had told me about.  I was expecting someone big and all buffed, but in front of me, stood a rather small fellow albeit a very agile one.

All thanks to him and his good company, my one hour session was executed with as much effort and sweat as the slightly longer first session.  The side stepper (I still haven't got its actual name yet) which I'm beginning to like, has my lower body still sore until now.

I'm still working on my endurance; which may probably continue for the next 3 weeks or so ... Judging from how much I struggled to string a proper sentence in between each breath while on the stepper, the instructor had smugly 'proclaimed' I WAS ONLY 50%-60% FIT!!!  So I guess it will be a while before I can get myself reacquainted with those weights.  But, I'm in no hurry ... I just hope I could still crawl my way to that place a third time ... can't possibly be putting away those RM600 worth of attire just yet!

 

The new pair with the price tag still on!