Well, despite the title I have bitten the bullet and joined my local gym.
The main challenge I have, well apart from breathing after the cardio, is trying to exercise without losing weight! Although I live in a village, we have a wonderful little sports club with a decent size gym 2 minutes walk from my house. Although they haven’t yet implemented the GP referral scheme, the instructors have received training to enable them to structure a training plan around your physical problems, mine being osteoporosis and being underweight as well as totally unfit!
We talked through my health issues, put together a training plan which will be revisited every couple of weeks and, bless their cotton socks, they gave me a reduction on the membership. I can claim a set amount from my employer towards gym membership and, turns out that equals the monthly fees so I get full gym membership free...result!
I am going to try to go at least twice a week then maybe add in some classes as they do Zumba, spin, Pilates etc as well.
I shall probably not be able to walk tomorrow after my first workout but fingers crossed I can get fitter and also help strengthen my bones.
