Leg Day

I have just had the most ridiculous day... we went out last night to Cargo Bar and I was woken this morning by a fire alarm which evacuated our whole block. Two fire engines rolled up, and all the firemen ran into the building to sus it out, and all it turned our to be was that the Asian (married!) couple who live a few apartments down on my floor had burnt their breakfast. We get fined a hefty sum if the fire brigade turn up, so that was a hell of an expensive breakfast for them...!

I was feeling a little fragile for most of the morning, so just chilled in the flat by myself as Isabelle went out to Coogee Beach with some friends. Once I was feeling a little bit fresher, I went to go see if Shomo and his flatmate Shaun were around. Turns out that the power in their apartment had gone so they came over to mine to charge their laptops and stuff. Then, Shomo suddenly remembered that I'd 'pinky-promised' to go to the gym with him today, and so, true to my promise, I donned my outrageous new trainers and followed the boys to the gym.

I dont have a membership yet, so Shomo snuck me in when the reception desk guys weren't looking, and then there I was. Hungover, standing in the weight section in my shiny new kicks with a famous bodybuilder... 

Shomo announced that it was 'Leg Day' and taught me how to squat and leg press etc. and told me that these exercises were the only way to get 'dat ass'... erm, right. Despite being openly laughed at by all the other guys in the gym, I was feeling pretty good afterwards and I also spent some time on the cross-trainer too as I can't run because of my shin splints and the cross-trainer involves no impact. I enjoyed having someone teach me how to do stuff properly, and even though it was a painful display of how weak I am, I didn't mind being in their weights section with Shomo as he could lift more that anyone by miles! At one point, Shaun and him loaded up with leg press with a RIDICULOUS amount of weight (genuinely the approximate weight of your average baby elephant) and then he did reps with it! I was in such disbelief that I had to document the moment....

HE LIFTED THAT WITH HIS LEGS!?!?!?!??!?!?!

Anyway, I am already feeling my legs seize up and highly doubt I will be able to walk tomorrow, but this is hopefully the beginning of a healthy new hobby. We'll see how long this lasts...

B