4 Years Of Working Out

4 years ago I went for the first time into the gym. I almost never missed a workout, which means that for the first 18 months I was at the gym 6 days a week and then I switched to 4 days a week – a more maintainable schedule, considering that I had a girlfriend at the time and also my body was developing some pains that wouldn’t go away and I associated them with over-stressing it.

Over the past year my weight stayed about the same (~89 Kg) with some minor fluctuations up and down. I look pretty much the same – sturdy with some extra fat around the stomach. I wish I didn’t have that extra fat, but I’ve learned to accept my appearance, as much as a former “fatso” like me can accept his looks.

Aerobics-wise I still do 2 days HIIT and 2 days moderate-level running. The difference is that now I run 11.5K in one hour instead of just 10K. I guess this is a nice improvement from last year… I kind of feel proud of myself now :) I intend to go further and make it a 12K run in the following year.

My muscles have stopped growing. Obviously I don’t invest the required time and effort to grow in this sense, but even though I like to see myself improve, I don’t want to become extremely muscular – I don’t think it’s a look that will be good for me.

Over the past year I switched 2 gyms – one time because the place I used to go to went bankrupt and another because I didn’t like the new gym provided as a replacement for the bankrupt gym. I don’t like changes in that sense – different equipment requires the body to adjust and the HIIT workouts need recalibration, but I think I managed it well and I’m very happy with the current gym.