So we are on the move again (at least the gym I go to is). They are moving to new premises which are bigger and better (hopefully warmer too). It’s quite exciting as @Jodie has some plans and basically taking us onto the next steps.
I was at the gym the other morning (could quite easily have turned over and gone back to sleep to be honest) and managed a PB on dead lifts of 70kg (which made me glad I hadn’t gone back to sleep). I only managed one full lift but I was dead chuffed, a few months ago that would be unthinkable (check the photo below which show me lifting approx. 25 kg!!!) – I even managed to get 3 lifts at 65kg again a lot bigger weights than I’ve lifted previously. Because of the gym move, the bars I’ve been using to do dead hangs and pull ups has been taken out so means I have had to go back to the assisted chin ups (all earlier pictures but you get the idea!!) Jodie has written about the myths of women lifting weights -which you can read here
(very little weight on the assisted pull ups so having to really concentrate on how to pull myself up and concentrating on the form rather than how high I could get. Again something completely unthinkable a few months ago).
If you saw my last post you would have read how I felt I had hit a plateau and couldn’t see any difference, but I am slightly feeling the shift now. I still have a huge amount to do on myself but am trying to break it down and attacking things in small chunks – focusing on little bits at a time to make it easier to do. I suppose it’s a bit like life really, if you think about everything that needs done or faced it can be quite daunting, but breaking it down into the doable bits sometimes can make it a bit easier to deal with or even picking one important task and focusing on that – I know that can be easier said than done for a lot of people and even I struggle sometimes and particularly recently – I seem to make lists and then end up doing 3 or 4 things at the same time (maybe I should take some of my own advice) or forgetting even that I had written a list. The brain fog is real folks 🤯 having a conversation and mid sentence forgetting words, walking into rooms and having no idea why I had actually gone in there for. These are all things that have massively increased for me over the last few months and I know I am not alone. Speaking to a couple of friends the other day we were all saying the same thing (goes back to the menopause posts!!!!). It can make life very difficult and everyone has their own way of coping whether that be HRT, exercise, herbal remedies. I know some folk who have tried it all – but there is no getting away from the fact that women go through it (and some men have to suffer it!!!) and I know I keep repeating myself but we all need to be a it more understanding of each other (and not just because of the menopause)
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