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Well … not really.
Last night was the family (aka Jenna, Coel and myself) jaunt to our Tang Soo Do lesson.
Towards the end it saw all three of us sat on the side for one reason or another which caused Ma’am to ask us if “we were on a family vacation” – the funny thing being is that we’d just come back from one and that possibly didn’t help.
Some context though …
Jenna was the first one sidelined. She was exhausted and physically couldn’t stand. But then she had also been in a school swimming gala that morning, then done an hour of ballet practice in the afternoon and finally ended up in the steaming hot gym hall that is our Tang Soo Do class.
Next to fail was myself. My excuse – 12hrs straight in work before heading down the gym and not enough food or fluids inside me. After a particularly brutal, lets mangle the senses type exercise my head went spinning and if I didn’t lie down I’d be passing out.
Finally, Coel who’d also been in the same swimming gala was doing fine when a freak slip with his partner caused the kick pad to glance his left eye and he couldn’t see out of it.
So lessons learned:
- Ensure you are well fed and hydrated before exercising on a hot day in a hot gym.
- Ensure you haven’t already indulged in several hours of exercise beforehand.
- Pay attention at all times.
Have you ever felt like you’re on vacation when you should be ‘up and at them’?
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