Friday, September 2: My September fitness campaign started disastrously with a slight calf strain while trying to go a little too fast up a little too steep an incline. I blame the women’s 5,000 meter race at the Daegu 2011 AIIF World Championships which I was watching on TV at the time. I sped up hoping to beat them, but instead of winning, I hurt myself and had to stop at the 2.9 kilometre mark:
Saturday, September 3: A nice solid weights session (chest, shoulders, triceps, and legs) after returning from the tailor’s shop by Camp Walker where I picked up my new snazzy grey suit. And then I started watching Falling Skies, the alien invasion TV show produced by Spielberg. I’m such a sucker for SF, once I had seen my first alien there was no way I could stop watching.
Sunday, September 4: No strenuous exercise today, but I sure did a ton of walking throughout the whole day from 8 a.m. right through to an hour before the witching hour. The day started early with the men’s marathon, and I must have walked at least 6 or 7 kilometres walking between various points along the route to catch a glimpse of the marathoners running by at an inhumanly fast pace. Next up was some sightseeing with Keimyung’s international students at Palgong San and later at the World Cup Stadium for the closing ceremony of the AIIF World Championships. It was a long day, but it was a good day that will remain long in my memory.
Tuesday, September 6: I tried to exercise but my gym refused me entry. My membership had expired and since I wasn’t sure if I wanted to renew, I left in a huff.
Wednesday, September 7: My first pre-work workout since starting my new job and my first workout in 3 years at Keimyung College’s gym. Not much of a workout though as I left my iPhone at home and had to go home before work to collect it. I only had time for a light back and biceps workout.
Thursday, September 8: Back at Keimyung’s gym early in the morning (6:50 if you can believe it) for a super intense workout to make up for last night’s KFC and cheesecake. And I think I did that with a very sweaty 4.5 kilometers on the treadmill followed by an equally sweaty chest, shoulders, and tricps workout. After a few anxious moments, I arrived at work just in the nick of time:
Saturday, September 10: At just under 90 minutes, today’s workout was my longest in a good while. I’m really glad I changed gyms. As much as I liked my old one, my new gym has provided the change I need, and I’m hoping to pick up the intensity over the coming months.Today’s workout consisted of 4.5 treadmill kilometers followed by a back, traps, lats, biceps, and legs workout:
Monday, September 12: A rare home workout today because everything’s closed for the Chuseok break: abs, sides, chest, shoulders, and triceps. Mmmm, I have all the gear I need to workout at home, perhaps I should do it more often.
Tuesday, September 13: I went to both swimming pools I frequent, but they were both closed.
Wednesday, September 14: I went straight to the gym after work for the first time and I liked it fine; I think that will become my usual time to exercise as I realized I was fooling myself to think I could regularly be at the gym by 7 a.m. Anyway, it was good to be back in the gym after the Chuseok break and I made the most of it with 4.5 steep kilometers on the treadmill and a weights session that involved exercises for my back, lats, traps, biceps, and my Popeye forearms:
Thursday, September 15: To the gym again straight after work mentally prepared for a super treadmill session only to have my dream shattered by the second blackout of the day which killed my treadmill (and the lights) about 30 minutes into my workout:
Saturday, September 17: While my cleaning lady was doing her thing, I worked out for 90 minutes! Five kilometers on the treadmill followed by a weights session for my chest, shoulders, triceps, calves, hamstrings, thighs, and lower back. Not surprisingly I ate more than usual after that:
Sunday, September 18: Back in the pool for the first time in a few weeks with a solid, slow, and steady 1.5 kilometers:
Monday, September 19: A cardio session after work (4.5 kilometers) and that was all I had time for unfortunately.
Tuesday, September 20: Another 4.5 kilometers on the treadmill and a weights workout for my back, biceps, and calves:
Thursday, September 22: Just weights today: back, traps, lats, biceps, fingers, sides, and abs.
Saturday, September 24: A longer treadmill session after a long night of rest: 6 kilometers on the treadmill followed by a legs workout:
Sunday. September 25: A 1.4 km swim in the afternoon. I’ll never grow tired of swimming with my SwiMP3.
Monday, September 26: Weights: back, biceps, forearms, sides, abs, lower back, and calves
Wednesday September 28: Another morning workout, this one mostly cardio: 5 kilometers on the treadmill and a few sets of calf raises:
Thursday, September 29: Weights: chest, shoulders, triceps, abs, thighs, hamstrings, and calves. Goodbye September. Hello October!
