Climbing the walls: Sights to be seen as I'm feeling improvements
I have always been one of those who starts out with good intentions when exercising, but swiftly given up when I didn’t see any immediate results.
That could be from running, weights at home, the gym – if I can’t immediately do 100 chin-ups and run a marathon then what’s the point?
However, with nowhere to run away (more like waddle away?) from exercising more regularly, I can actually feel the benefits of regular fitness.
Before the lockdown started I – embarrassingly for a former tennis player who prided himself on a powerful, if erratic, serve – could not even do one press-up. I was one of those who put all the weight on his knees and then just moved up and down, not creating any new strength in my upper body. Cheat!
However, after weeks of doing push-ups properly off my knees – rocking back and forwards, so the weight goes through my chest and arms and I’m not just basically kneeling down – I have now transferred to the full push-up.
