Squash and Pilates

I am aching while typing this.

In the past 2-3 months, I haven’t been quite active physically as I’d like to be. I was away for the summer, visiting another lab and doing some collaborative work. Now returning I find myself easing into my old schedule, and slowly getting back into exercising routine too. Not that it’s much – it’s just jogging really. Even then, the hectic work line-up has prevented me from doing it regularly. That, and the darkening skies of autumn. It’s kind of difficult to jog at 8pm now than a few months earlier.

Weekend remains the best time for me to get moving. Upon my return, my housemate introduced me to squash. Interesting game and quite fun as a matter of fact, if you’ll forgive my crappy level of play. Sometimes the ball would bound straight for me and even then I’d miss it. Ops… I had fun each time though, and I feel much better running around after a whole working week bound to my desk and computers.

The aftermath obviously involves some pain. Mainly I haven’t play racquet game for such a long time, so inevitably my arm protests about it. Even putting a t-shirt on is non trivial for a couple of days after each game. I hope this will go away soon and that I can play without such discomfort after every session.

I’m starting on pilates classes too. Well, today will be my first class, and I don’t know what that is going to be like. I’m bracing myself for more muscle aches, since I’ve been informed that I’m bound on a journey to discover muscles that I never knew I had. Hehehe, fun, not.

Ever wonder why I inflict all these on myself?