The beginning of January is a strange time, I sort of end up feeling like the year doesn’t actually start until I go back to work. There is probably some sort of deep seated problem with that, and me running my life around work or something, if I decided to explore it… Or it could be that I get more done in general if I have a routine…

Anyway, despite all that I did get exercise done on both days 😀 I was a day late start ing my YWA move programme but that is not the end of the world, I may catch up down the line, or I may just be a day late. I will still do it, which is the main thing.

So Day 2 was a shed gym day, I paddled down there (literally the ground is very wet) and decided that bench press was the order of the day. Apparently I like training upper body now 😀 I don’t know when this happened but it has! I even sometimes like it better than deadlifts… sometimes…

I completed 5 x 5 at 45kg which is almost as good as I have ever been at bench press, I think I I have been at the stage where I have added in a set of 2 at 47.5kg before but this is close 🙂 and I have instigated a new policy of not moving up in weight until I can complete the reps with full range of motion every time… so there is a good chance I am actually, technically better than I used to be!

Day 3 was the start of the yoga challenge. Or it was my start of the yoga challenge anyway… I remembered that yoga is hard work and I was marginally cross with myself for neglecting mobility and yoga for so long as I am a long way from where I was! However, being cross doesn’t actually help so I need to move on from that and just accept where I am and move forward. I am doing it now and if I trust the process (as they say) and show up every day, I will improve!