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Reporting back after 1st gym visits in 20+ years

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BelgianBeers · 01/01/2025 16:18

Hello

Lots of you have me advice when I joined a PureGym - I ordered clothes and stuff then got ill so didn’t go. Now better I have been attending and can report that is has been great. If you are considering joining I would absolutely recommend it. I have been helped by lots of different staff, done classes and use two different venues. Have found it all
very friendly and easy to engage with. Am just back from a session and feel great. Now I just have two ish stone to get rid of and some cardiovascular fitness to get back. 💪

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LovelySunnyDayToday · 18/02/2025 21:42

OMG can I join this thread please?!

There I was thinking I was like Mrs Gym Bunny just because I had been about 8 times before Christmas... ...then nothing!

I booked in one session with my lovely PT a couple of weeks ago and just fucking forgot!!! Sooo embarrassing 🙈

Was planing to go back this week, then got the peri period from HELL last night. Awake since 4am with cramps. "Sigh"

So am thinking will book in for the weekend and hope that's me with a renewed new year's gym habit.

I was so enjoying it too!
Along with the low carbing... which also went out the window with the festivities. Thanks very much Santa!!!

LushLemonTart · 18/02/2025 11:04

Wow that sounds very interesting and difficult. Or would be for me.

I'm a lot better today. Might get some exercise in?

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BelgianBeers · 18/02/2025 08:43

Oh nooo the sexy sore throat - bad luck. Hope it clears quickly. It’s always so annoying how easily colds nobble us. I am doing a course to become a psychometric tester and access arranger so it’s about data, testing, validity and theories of intelligence. Interesting, but am very last minute so doing it all at once! Everytime I get up I do a squat and my depth is getting better!

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LushLemonTart · 17/02/2025 14:12

@BelgianBeers good luck with your studying. What are you studying?
I'm off until Thursday. But my head is banging and I should be doing chat lines with my new voice 😅

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BelgianBeers · 17/02/2025 12:33

@LushLemonTart hope your cold is ok and avoiding your chest. I am actually the healthy one here but have been in nurse, cook and dog walker mode as they have shivered in beds. Am now busy doing coursework for a study module so am not allowed out until it is done!

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LushLemonTart · 16/02/2025 13:49

@BelgianBeers get well soon. I'm starting with dh's cold. His is really bad and chesty so hopefully I'll not get it as bad? I'm at work this afternoon but not a hard shift.

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BelgianBeers · 16/02/2025 01:35

@LushLemonTart and @bumblebee1000 glad are getting in with it. I have been a disaster this week - ill household, knackered and unwell parent. Have done a lot driving and late night eating. Will
do better this next week- hopefully.

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LushLemonTart · 13/02/2025 23:28

@bumblebee1000 excellent

I did some squats press ups and used resistance bands today.

bumblebee1000 · 13/02/2025 23:15

I only managed a short session in gym, 30 mins as have been doing extra yoga to get a bit more flexible and less stiff.....hope to increase sessions over next few weeks...at least i am now ache free...!!

LushLemonTart · 12/02/2025 09:49

Glad you like it @BelgianBeers

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BelgianBeers · 11/02/2025 21:36

That’s beautiful - love everything about it. Makes me smile just looking at it:)

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LushLemonTart · 11/02/2025 21:26

@BelgianBeers it wasn't the best weather for pics but I'll post one

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BelgianBeers · 11/02/2025 20:36

@CorEckIsLike hope the endorphins are still there today:) I was back too late for yoga tonight so will do some at home - or I might just sleep on my rolled out mat.

Hope your walk was good @LushLemonTart post us a lovely pic.

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LushLemonTart · 11/02/2025 08:29

That's great @CorEckIsLike . Hope you're not too sore today.

We're going for a walk today. The weather is iffy. I'll post a pic if I get a decent one?

CorEckIsLike · 10/02/2025 21:32

It's a great feeling isn't it can't beat those endorphins and rush of being active and doing something! I started back at the gym today having not gone since mid December and am so glad that I did 💪🏼💪🏼

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BelgianBeers · 10/02/2025 20:50

Those light evenings are great although I like a nighttime walk over the fields in the moonlight. Won’t have one today as my legs and bums class has meant can hardly move today!

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LushLemonTart · 08/02/2025 20:46

There'll be lighter nights soon that always helps with walks.
I'm on a long shift tomorrow so no walking.

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BelgianBeers · 08/02/2025 20:30

I agree - walking is good for body and soul. I joined a local walking group but am rarely free for their rambles - one day!

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LushLemonTart · 08/02/2025 10:23

@BelgianBeers oh I try to avoid the lakes in the summer...bedlam. luckily there are nice walks near us.

Walking outside is so good for you mentally and physically. I've done youtube walking videos but not the same.

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BelgianBeers · 08/02/2025 09:43

@LushLemonTart Good February weather is a blessing. I did Whernside last Feb and the weather was beautiful - love it when it’s so quiet. I went again in the Summer and it was like a city centre! I did stay in the lakes last summer and thought we would walk but my friend’s idea of a walk had changed and it no longer included uphill sections so I we had a nice, flat time but I did want to go back to do some hills. Eventually…

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LushLemonTart · 08/02/2025 01:14

@BelgianBeers ,the weather was amazing for February. I'd love to see more of Wales. We're pretty close to Yorkshire so often there.

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BelgianBeers · 08/02/2025 00:47

That is beautiful - absolutely magic. I haven’t done many in the Lakes but have been up some Welsh ones and the Yorkshire ones. Stunning. This is how I see weekends being spent more and more as the kids get older and I am less needed for lifts etc.

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LushLemonTart · 07/02/2025 21:07

Top of Loughrigg fell

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LushLemonTart · 07/02/2025 21:05

Yes hills are good. I love them just need to get used to them again.

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BelgianBeers · 07/02/2025 19:42

More hills can only be a good thing:)

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