Crunchies, crunches and gym workouts.

Well for those who know me well I have never really been a big gym user, put off by the fact that most of the men who do weights have arms bigger than my thighs so I feel a little overawed by the whole experience. However there comes a time in a man's life when he looks inwardly and realises that the mirror is not an exaggerator of truths, it is simply a truth teller.
On my first day I tried the treadmill and I have to say i was really comfortable (until the belt started moving) I don't like running flat out and then finding I am in the same place I started. I tried the rowing machine and I found this the most satisfying (exercise sitting down is an invention that was made for me) it uses 86% of your muscles but over the years I have lost 86% of my muscles so i don't know which muscles they are helping. I tried the weights and was very proud to pull 30kg on the chest press, this lost a bit of its sparkle when a man in a wheelchair did a 120 without making the noises I was making after lifting my 30 kg (it sounded like a cat being attacked by a lion) I have done stomach crunches which are very difficult. I think you should do stomach crunchies (you know you sit up then eat a crunchie) I could do 50 of them easily.
However things have got better and I do a good hour each day and 450 crunchies (erm I mean crunches each day including the weekend) the end result is I am in the best shape for 20 years and my ego has been satisfied. I feel the change came about because of the change that came about to me. When plodding along in a relationship you take everything and everyone (including yourself for granted) but impending lifetime batchelorhood changes your prespective very quickly. You do the things you perhaps should have done a long time ago. So I will continue this renaissance and hope that I will catch the eye of Jennifer Aniston as I believe we are well matched (we have only a few friends and enjoy coffee houses) oh well off for a crunchie, that is if I am strong enough to get the wrapper off.

John