The spinning room was exceptionally hot today so I was sweating like a pig after just a couple minutes of cycling. At least I got a thorough warm-up for the “main event”.

Guessing what weights to put on was a bit of hit-and-miss. If only I could remember what weights I used at my previous gym. At least I could see how much weaker I’ve gotten. :P To make matters even more complicated the weight plates they use at Sats Jakobsberg are not metric-based. They do have the metric weight displayed alongside, but the increments are not a logical 2.5 or 5 kg as I am used to. This annoys me quite a bit.

Some smart-ass had left an extra pin on the back side of the weight rack for the cable pulley so that I ended up lifting almost twice as much as I had intended. At first I didn’t realize what was wrong and I did manage two curls before I had to yield. No wonder the guy before looked like he was about to pop a vein. He just didn’t realize to look behind the weight rack like I was fortunate enough to do.

It was kinda crowded, so I had to do my exercises in a sub-optimal order since the machines were sometimes occupied. But I still managed to be in and out in just under 30 minutes.

To my surprise they didn’t have a machine for the Lever Seated Row. So I switched that exercise into a Cable Straight Back Seated Row which puts some additional tension on the stomach, hamstrings and glutes. Other than that I was able to do my exercises as I had planned it. Even the shoulder exercises went smoothly, I didn’t feel any pain or discomfort this time.