The amateur bootcamp
On Saturday morning, I got to Malay's place at after 6:30am to find Thai already waiting there. I had to call Malay, as he still wasn't down. Scope had bailed. I thought for sure Malay would've been the one to bail.
Malay came down, and we drove to pick Brain up. So the four of us were on our way to Bondy beach for our first group work out.
We got there and picked a base at one end of the beach to put our shoes and stuff down. We decided to jog around the beach. My plan was to jog three times around and just to basically do three sets of everything.
However, jogging in the sand proved harder than first thought, even for me, as I hadn't anticipated so much energy would be used as your feet fell into the sand with each step. After a minute or two of jogging, Brain stopped, and sat down. He was out. I couldn't believe how quickly he had given up. I also couldn't believe how little the 'average' person could run. He said he felt like throwing up. It was that bad.
We stood around waiting for him, then Malay started running off, and so Thai and I followed. The thing with Malay is he doesn't follow instructions - he uses up too much energy in the beginning by running fast and then stopping, whereas Thai and I jogged slowly and managed to do most of the return trip without stopping. Brain walked the rest of the way back.
Malay went to pay for his parking, and when he returned I got everyone to do push ups and showed them some ab exercises. We did them and it was good to see them 'feel it' because that way you knew it was working.
I think overall it was a good workout, but it didn't do much for me. After that we went to get a Boost juice, and then had breakfast at Macca's.
We went home after that. Malay seemed like he wanted to do something, but I was sleepy and wanted to get some rest. So I went home, showered and had a nap.
I had intended to go to the office to prepare for the bail on Monday, but I didn't really feel like it, so I went out to the city instead and bought Kiyosaki's Conspiracy of the Rich book. I bought some wedges and a drink from Woolies and ate it in a foodcourt while reading the book. Good way to pass time.
Today, I met up with A for swimming. It would be our last for the year, as the pool was closing next Friday for the holidays. We talked about the NBA (Vince Carter had just been traded from Magic to Suns), and the police lunch I had on Friday. There was a lady in the lane next to us who looked at me a bit, and I wondered if she was a cop who had overhead me talking. Hmmm.
A decided to do 10 laps, even though I pushed him to do 11. Really, what was one more? I did 12, but wanted to do more. I find that I'm really finding the efficient stroke, which allows me to go faster without using as much energy. I'm really liking this swimming thing.
A drove me home, then I had a shower and breakfast before going to the office. I did about two hours work, left at 1pm then went to the gym in the city to do some knee exercises. I've found that when I press on my knee bone, there is some pain. I reasoned that maybe it was still sore from the drilling, so decided to avoid impact related exercises.
After that I went home and did a bit of research into what good companies there were to invest in. I'm creating spreadsheets now to analyse their value, which I find is a good way to keep myself pre-occupied in a healthy way.
I am planning to see Lily again on a somewhat regular basis (maybe not weekly) so am trying to figure out how I can afford that and pay off my credit card at the same time.
Malay came down, and we drove to pick Brain up. So the four of us were on our way to Bondy beach for our first group work out.
We got there and picked a base at one end of the beach to put our shoes and stuff down. We decided to jog around the beach. My plan was to jog three times around and just to basically do three sets of everything.
However, jogging in the sand proved harder than first thought, even for me, as I hadn't anticipated so much energy would be used as your feet fell into the sand with each step. After a minute or two of jogging, Brain stopped, and sat down. He was out. I couldn't believe how quickly he had given up. I also couldn't believe how little the 'average' person could run. He said he felt like throwing up. It was that bad.
We stood around waiting for him, then Malay started running off, and so Thai and I followed. The thing with Malay is he doesn't follow instructions - he uses up too much energy in the beginning by running fast and then stopping, whereas Thai and I jogged slowly and managed to do most of the return trip without stopping. Brain walked the rest of the way back.
Malay went to pay for his parking, and when he returned I got everyone to do push ups and showed them some ab exercises. We did them and it was good to see them 'feel it' because that way you knew it was working.
I think overall it was a good workout, but it didn't do much for me. After that we went to get a Boost juice, and then had breakfast at Macca's.
We went home after that. Malay seemed like he wanted to do something, but I was sleepy and wanted to get some rest. So I went home, showered and had a nap.
I had intended to go to the office to prepare for the bail on Monday, but I didn't really feel like it, so I went out to the city instead and bought Kiyosaki's Conspiracy of the Rich book. I bought some wedges and a drink from Woolies and ate it in a foodcourt while reading the book. Good way to pass time.
Today, I met up with A for swimming. It would be our last for the year, as the pool was closing next Friday for the holidays. We talked about the NBA (Vince Carter had just been traded from Magic to Suns), and the police lunch I had on Friday. There was a lady in the lane next to us who looked at me a bit, and I wondered if she was a cop who had overhead me talking. Hmmm.
A decided to do 10 laps, even though I pushed him to do 11. Really, what was one more? I did 12, but wanted to do more. I find that I'm really finding the efficient stroke, which allows me to go faster without using as much energy. I'm really liking this swimming thing.
A drove me home, then I had a shower and breakfast before going to the office. I did about two hours work, left at 1pm then went to the gym in the city to do some knee exercises. I've found that when I press on my knee bone, there is some pain. I reasoned that maybe it was still sore from the drilling, so decided to avoid impact related exercises.
After that I went home and did a bit of research into what good companies there were to invest in. I'm creating spreadsheets now to analyse their value, which I find is a good way to keep myself pre-occupied in a healthy way.
I am planning to see Lily again on a somewhat regular basis (maybe not weekly) so am trying to figure out how I can afford that and pay off my credit card at the same time.
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