Today was one of the most tiring days of my life! Well, not because of homework, but because of my dragon boat training!Why is it so tiring, you'll know later......... We did not really go to the gym at 3pm though as it was unfortunately occupied by the track and field people, so we had no choice but to wait till 5 when they finished. So, we did some warm ups to past the time. 1st warm up, 3km run, 2nd warm up 60 crunches and 30 push ups(which had already tired me out). Only after that we went to the gym.
I was (obviously) excited and enthusiastic about it as I had never went to a gym before and that this would be my 1st time. We saw the seniors do some examples on those gym equipment before letting us try. It was not what I expected.
It was worse( because its more tiring) than the warm up actually as most of the things we did in the gym involved tremendous strenght and endurance. I was surprised the seniors made it look so simple! They could actually carry 30++ kg of weights and lift them up! When I tried doing that, the weights just would not budge! I could only carry 20kg of weights! This had made me feel inferior to the seniors and the juniors, which some could do better than me.
I had never done such strenuous activity in my life until now! Although it was only 2 hours of physical activity, it was overwhelming! Well, after the training, I started to get cramps on my legs, which was extremely painful, and I started to feel soreness throughout my whole body too!
But despite the pain and suffering(just an exaggeration) after the training, I am looking forward to the next one. Why? I don't often get to work out so I would take this training as one of them, and besides, its fun! And the best of all, it is beneficial.
A video about the benefits of working out and tips on working out.(sorry, the video is a little bigger than usual)
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