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 