What it was like back at the gym...

Outfit head to toe Nike

Top - Cheshire Oaks pre lockdown in March

Pants - Nike online sale start of lockdown

Trainers - Super old Air Zoom Pegasus

After 4 long months I was so happy to be back in the gym yesterday. I was a bit undecided on going as I didn't know whether it was going to be really busy with it being shut for so long as they weren't doing a booking system you could just turn up and if it was full capacity you would have to queue. My gym is big enough for people to social distance so that was why they decided to let people come and go as they pleased. 

I got there just before 10am and it was fine - wasn't busy at all and was told everything is the same just wipe before and after and wash you hands. Just the standard things we were doing before it got shut and the norm now. What I was doing when I went to the gym on the cruise. It isn't usually busy of a weekend morning at that time was just the usual faces in.

The gym did look a bit different - there was a screen on reception. You could only enter using 1/3 turnstiles. The middle was closed and the other was for exiting only. Stickers on the floor to social distance if there were people in front of you. Hand gel once you enter as you still have to use the finger print scanner to enter. You could only use every other cardio machine and the cross trainers have been spaced out. The spin bikes have been moved around. The boxing ring and cage were closed and there were a lot of cleaning stations dotted around with bottles of spray and tissue for you to wipe before and after. Hand gel dispensers on the walls and wipes.

The ladies only bit was free to use with a cleaning station and hand gel dispenser on the wall. Could only use 1 of the treadmills, stepper, cross trainer and bike. Only 1 bike has been taken out.

I tried to use as little equipment as possible to save on the wiping. 

From what I seen people were wiping before and after themselves so I felt safe and fine in there. I didn't feel worried at all the only thing that did annoy me was...

Selfish people who can't put their weights back!! This is a real problem in my gym with people doing this especially on the squat rack and they've put every weight on the bar so you can't take it off yourself. The worst is when they have been deadlifting and leave it on the floor! If you could put them on your can take them off! I really don't know why people do this and people don't put the dumbbells back in the correct place as labelled so you're looking all over the gym for weights. You can spend a good 5 minutes looking for weights as it's been left in some random place!

Other than that it really hasn't changed. I'm glad to have some normality back and to have a routine again.

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Post Gym

Post Gym Pizza - Crust

It's Sarah's birthday today and she made it to the gym even though she was defo drunk as she'd been out for lunch with her parents and had a few glasses of prosecco. We trained arms - bi's and tri's then decided we'd go to Crust for some pizza! We definitely earnt it.

Yeah we turned up in gym clothes...

Got there just after 6:30pm it was packed had to wait a bit for a table but once we ordered the food, it came really quick.

Sarah got the Italiana - buffalo mozzarella, rocket, cherry tomatoes and parma ham with the five grain base.

I got the Pescatore - seafood, linguine, clams, mussels, prawns, calamari, cherry tomatoes & garlic

It was nice not the best I've had though. Forced myself to eat the whole thing was so full after it could've went back to the gym to burn it off.

Seen someone get something with a candle and was serenaded for their birthday so told the waiter it was Sarah's birthday. He said he will see what he could do. A different waiter came over with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and was like vanilla? We were so confused like no we didn't order ice cream.. Then he went to go back and the other waiter took it off him put a candle in it then 4 others came over to serenade Sarah! If you go on my instagram @Juki_W you can hear my terribly scouse voice as they made me sing happy birthday as well. Poor Sarah hated it and didn't even want the ice cream so I ended up having it.

When we got the bill they tried to charge me £1.50 for the ice cream! I thought I basically serenaded Sarah to get free ice cream but it turns out.. I paid £1.50 to serenade Sarah and get a scoop of ice cream. So I questioned it and the waiter was like no we can't but I wasn't having any of it so he ended up speaking to the manager who ended up taking it off the bill. It's a joke as if they couldn't give away a scoop of ice cream as a birthday treat.

Hope you had a good birthday Sarah! I'm annoyed they tried to charge me for that birthday ice cream but it was so funny. Unplanned things are the best!

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Gym Crew

Kerry, Jo, Rich, Jonny, Angie, Ava (Angie's daughter), Jacob (Jo & Rich's son), Andrea, Sarah, Jack & Tracy

Last night was the gym crew's Christmas night out. No circuits but instead a meal at Elif on the 5 ways and a drink at the Black Bull in Gateacre Village.

When you ask the waiter to take a photo but they don't know how to work a phone camera...

A selfie always works better!

Elif - Turkish BBQ restaurant, there's one of Bold Street in town and on Lark Lane. They do all different kebabs and grilled meat. I went for the oven-baked salmon.

The salmon was so dry though. There was a sauce for it but I didn't like it - it was like spicy salsa. Definitely wouldn't recommend getting the salmon. Most of the others got chicken which I tried which was also dry but wasn't as bad as the salmon. They do give you different sauces & salads but they should probably cook the meat with some sort of sauce. It was nice in there but definitely not my kind of place that I would go to.

After we went to Gatacre Village to the Black Bull. 

Don't leave your phone with me & Jonny as poor Sarah has a lot more than this when she come back from the toilet! 

It was a really nice to see everyone not in the gym looking all dressed up and pretty! Cos I look a mess in the gym and don't care as you can see but this was before a work out I look a lot worse.

I didn't drink that much and as long as I sleep I'm fine so made it to the gym at half 9. Surprised Andrea & Sarah did as they were still going at 3am when I was well asleep & in bed at 1!

Thanks Jonny for last night! Next outing is for dim sum yan cha!

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