[Starseeker]

Update 291 days after creating this thread
During summer holidays I've been travelling on and off, so I didn't exercise regularly. I bought a gym membership on Monday (the last time I had been to the gym was before the pandemic... lol!). I've hit the gym two times since Monday and I'm happy to have come back - exercising at home is completely different (and worse, I dare say).

Originally Posted by Matter

I've always dreamed of being able to do the split, so I'd love to achieve that too.

I still can't do the split. I had been stretching from November till January or so... I'm so impatient and stretching seems boring to me. Maybe I'll be able to do the split one day...

Originally Posted by Matter

I would like to start physical therapy studies in autumn, but in order to get into the chosen uni I'll have to complete some endurance tests. The first one is a 800m run (my current time is 4.20 mins, I'm aiming for 3.20). The second one is a 50m swim.

Took the tests in July. Results: running - 3.14 (great) and swimming - 45.9 (good enough).

I had never practised running before I had to in order to train for the tests. I didn't like it at the beginning, but with time I got used to it as a regular exercise. However, I started experiencing knee pains. I visited a doc and they said I can't run because some kind of tissue inside my knees is deteriorating. I didn't think I would ever say this, but... now that I can't run I miss it. Especially its main advantage: the outdoors. I can't really perform gym exercises outdoors, especially ones involving machines. So while gym is great for autumn/winter, running is fantastic for spring/summer to get some of that fresh air.