{"id":4271,"date":"2011-07-20T17:27:37","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T16:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/?p=4271"},"modified":"2012-05-29T21:31:27","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T20:31:27","slug":"off-to-the-torture-chamber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/2011\/07\/off-to-the-torture-chamber\/","title":{"rendered":"Off to the torture chamber"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2792\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/gym.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/gym.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"gym\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2792\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Empty! Well it is hell in there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Went to the gym for the first time in months. Yes I am at the stage where it is general disgruntlement with my body shape especially as it is summer \u2013 allegedly \u2013 and of course the last time I threw my body into a gym like direction was \u2026well I can\u2019t remember actually and as ever being an Aberdonian \u2013 renowned for being grippy \u2013 it was the money that got me there in the end. Refusing to pay for something I am not using even if I hate it I went.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3790\" style=\"width: 186px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Hairy-legs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alisonsdiary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Hairy-legs.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Hairy legs\" width=\"186\" height=\"139\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3790\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No these are not mine - mine are worse<\/figcaption><\/figure>My gym  bag has been in the car for a while so in I went, feeling nauseous at the thought of doing any quick movements. I unzipped the bag and took out my stuff. Black top, black sport bra, black sock, black everything  (to hide the undulations ) including the track suit bottoms. As I unfolded them it became apparent they were damp when they had been hastily stuffed into the bags eons ago as I got an eau de fromage \u2013 the dreaded damp dank washing smell. Great I though I can\u2019t go and waft these round the gymnastic emporium  or I will be sent to Coventry (where I am pretty sure they don\u2019t have gyms) but a quick glance down at the state of the legs and I  thought \u2013 hell it\u2019s 3pm who in their right mind is going to be in there anyway? And I was right.  It was just me. Thankfully.<\/p>\n<p>I managed the Step machine for 15 minutes wondered if my lung would collapse.<br \/>\nOf course I would have stayed on longer but a lone guy \u2013 the only other one in the place &#8211; climbed onto the machine adjacent and I didn\u2019t want him to pass out with tracksuit bottom waft so off I went to the bike.<\/p>\n<p>Well as I sat watching an Antique program lamenting the fact all I ever got at a car boot sale was a budgie cage and fleas I looked at the torture chamber around me and the day outside and thought. What am I doing? I am sitting on a bike in a gym looking out at the day instead of getting out there and enjoying it.<br \/>\nSo I left.<\/p>\n<p>20 minutes exercise, straight home, boil the gym clothes, into the shower and you know what \u2026and you can\u2019t imagine how much I hate to admit this \u2026.I feel better. I do. Aye the Lord moves in mysterious ways indeed. 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