Back In The Gym

Back in the gym again this morning for a Re-focus session with Salih Tahir, the gym manager who has been the most effective member of staff at Crystal Palace Sports Centre. When I say most effective, I probably mean most approachable as so many of the staff in gyms generally seem distracted by paperwork, cleaning or - more often than not - female gym members.

Anyway, Salih took me through some new movements to help me trim up before the holiday season including a regime called German Volume Training. GVT means that on one visit a week - I think - I will concentrate on only 2 exercises and perform 10 x 10 reps of each. Gulp! On top of this there is a challenge to master the Punch Ball. Now I can assure you that I am the last person to throw a punch and today pretty much showed why. However, as hopeless as I was at it today, I plan to look back on it in 6 week time and realise that I am now an expert.

What Punching Ball Should Look Like

Well, that's the plan anyway. Thankfully, the punch ball is in a small room off the main gym so nobody will either see my efforts or hear my sobs.