It’s Friday, and I’m away this weekend, so there won’t be much opportunity to hit the gym. As usual, I let ChatGPT know what was happening, and a plan was duly presented.
And it was just right—push, pull, row. A full session that left me feeling like the weekend could begin properly.
The energy is high, the excitement is rising, and the foundation’s been laid.
The weekend started at the gym.
This is The Sub-7 Experiment.
Funny how one day can feel so different from the next.
Yesterday was my first time back in the gym in about a week. ChatGPT put together a steady, well-paced program based on my comments and a Whoop recovery score of 53%—not high, not low, just middle-of-the-road.
But I didn’t enjoy the session.
Today, I was back in the same gym, with the same recovery score and pretty much the same routine… and it couldn’t have felt more different.
I even caught myself bouncing to the tunes between sets.
Why the change? I think yesterday laid the foundation for today.
I’ve said before that I need this kind of physical effort now. The pull of the weights, the push of the sled, the effort of the row—it keeps me on a more even keel mentally. And while I haven’t exactly been inactive this past week (a 75K cycle and 20K walked), it hasn’t been the right kind of movement.
There’s a different buzz that comes from gym work—weights, functional training, rowing—and I’ve missed it more than I realised.
And if I’m honest… I quite like it.
This is The Sub-7 Experiment.
The Sub-7 Experiment 