It Hurts SOOOOOOOOO GOOD!
Rather kinky way to name a post but,yeah! the pain i am gradually getting feels really..hmmm…ooh..soooooooooooooooo GOOD! Maybe in a twisted sadistic way i kind of a enjoy pain..Well, at least pain in such a manner that it is not damaging to your health and of course your mental well being..
After a long spell of absence i finally made it back to the gym today and the look on their faces ( my sort of a trainer and a fellow gym mate) made me wanna laugh. “What the hell happened to you? Where have you been? You have lost weight! You gone off to another gym?.Questions after questions came forth and eyes darting up and down my body ,eyes with questions and puzzlement written and flashing as their eyes scruntinized my virginal unworked body of almost nine months! I answered as much as i could, at the same time, my eyes were taking in the familiar yet distant gym..Hey, something is different about the gym somehow…oh yes, it is bigger as they have knocked down the yoga/aerobics room and one of my favourite apparatus now sits happily right smack in the middle.
Started off with my favourite exercise, the bench press. As i struggled with the total weight of thirty five kg, which is 15 on each side plus the 5 kg bar, i felt the blood rushing through my veins and my breast..hmm..i meant, my chest started throbbing and swelling and the rush of adrenaline is just so addictive that i did not want to stop. After my third set, my gosh, i started to feel the numbness creeping up my upper torso and after the fifth set i was ready to move on to my arms. How happy i was to once again feel the rough texture of the handles as i gripped the dumbells with my bare hands( got to buy a pair of gloves tomorrow..can’t find my old ones) every lift propelling the dumbells up and down engorged the sleeping muscles that once i called them my biceps. Now its my own eyes that is darting up and down, through the looking glass i eyed the movement of flesh up and down me arms, every rippling or the faintest movements of my make believe biceps sends a thrill through my entire body..Oh man, I think i am way sick!
And i got through my first day back in the gym doing a low dosage of what i used to do.As i went into the shower, the task of getting my top off proves to be a bit of a mission impossible as my upper torso felt so abused but yet, the pain brought forth a smile to my lips. I am now a confirmed sadist and i revel in this revelation! Lying in bed just now, i am just so conscious of the dull ache that is spreading thru my body and i am now simply awaiting for the engaging pain that i will get when i struggle to get up tomorrow morning and the ache that is going to haunt me throughout the whole day tomorrow when i am filming.I am now smiling as i am making this entry for i think this must be the most twisted,sadistic and well, rather graphic entry that i have ever done.
Don’t be alarmed by this graphic me,
for i have embarked on one of my resolutions for this year.
This is simply…
the euphoria of a sadist .
on January 9th, 2009 at 3:34 am
You have not been working out at the gym for quite sometime (seems a year or so, am I right, bryan?)
Like any newbie who just started/anyone who resumes strength-training routine, I think the sensation of the pain you’ve experienced could be highly due to the fact that your body is giving you signals, saying that it is getting re-adjusted to body workouts again.
Like what I remembered my NS PTI said, “no pain, no gain”, right? Ahahaha!
Getting a fitter physique is one of my resolutions for the year too. Been thinking of getting a personal trainer. Needs someone badly to motivate and train me. LOL.
Oh ya, did I say that I am also aiming to go for Standard Chartered Singapore Run at the end of this year? Hehe.
Anyway, you take care, Bryan.
on January 9th, 2009 at 8:50 am
yeah!!! i’m the 1st one. haha….. wow…. u can feel the pain so fast ah… fr wat u wrote, can feel tat u’re reli in a great pain. my fren once taught me, use a soap n rub on the parts that u feel pain, will be better. i’m nt sure whether it works or not as i nvr tried b4. hehe……
on January 9th, 2009 at 10:48 am
wa.. u sure are descriptive about ur workout! haha
keep it up!
on January 9th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Oow manz! The way you articulated your joy at the gym spurred me to do the same as well! Not too sadistic actually, I have read a lot of such entries because no pain no gain.. and with pain, we know we are definitely working those muscles good and deep! Mmm.. Have the best weekend Bryan!
on January 9th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
It’s good that you’re working on your resolutions.
I can’t seem to read at all, and it’s already the 9th!
Books hate me right now >.
on January 9th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
today really really pain like hell wor….aiyo, once the other guys knew wat i was going thru, they started poking me here and there and it hurts like nobody business. but,it felt rather good though..haha….
on January 9th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
aiyo. haha still u are enjoying the pain man….
on January 10th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Hi,
when i 1st join Cali gym and start the work up, my muscle hurt for 2 weeks…. but i still 咬紧牙根持续下去。。。
现在我已经爱上健身，还有参加了Body Combat Class..真的是太棒了。。。我目前已经瘦了20kgs…
现在的我已经找回自信了，，
加油。。。bryan…你都不胖，只要maintain 就够了。。。痛一下很快就过去了。。就好像植物要结果时，美丽的花朵一定会凋谢的。。。
最后就能得到丰硕的果实。。。
on January 10th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Hey bryan its been ages since i checked u bl0g. Wow besides bein a traveller ur oso a vry active pers0n h0r. R u sure ur pure chinese! D way u describe everyting n d w0rds used r nt wad gm0st chinese w0uld use. Anyways really enj0yed ur bl0g. Keep up d g0od w0rk. Xp jiayo n all d best in everyting u do esp in acting.
on January 10th, 2009 at 5:59 pm
加油！新的一年，好的开始。。继续努力。。welcome back to gym~ (^_^)
on January 10th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
hi dun do until so yong li will hurt ur body de take care =)
on January 12th, 2009 at 12:39 am
Saw ur title and thou u r in e same situation as me. But when I read on, I’m glad u r nt. Luckily is only body pain. As long as you r nt having some ‘heart’ pain can liao
on January 12th, 2009 at 2:10 am
我真的为你感到开心，因为你终于能做你想要做的事情了~
继续加油~
我希望在新的一年里，你能开开心心的~
你的生日快要到了~我们在想要怎么为你庆祝！！
想起，两年了，第一次为你庆祝生日的时候，是在新传媒。。
就这样，一年过一年，我们一年多没有见了，这一年多，真的发生了很多事情。。有好的，有坏的。。哈哈！！就不要说这些了。。。
每当想起你的时候，我就真的好希望我能抛开我现在的工作。。。
不顾一切，每天就能坐在新传媒等你！！因为，我真的好想和从前一样！！其实，等你日子是我现在最渴望的~你知道吗?
虽然，我知道，你不怎么喜欢，我在那里让费时间的等你。。。可是，等你对我来说，是多么开心的事！
我真的希望有一天，我会像以前一样，当你到了新传媒，你就会看见我们在那里跟你说嗨。。当你难过的时候，我们会逗你笑。。当你开心的时候，我们也跟着你开心~
所以，让我们从头开始，我要比以前努力。。。把以前美好的回忆，再次把他找回来。。好吗？
所以，你不要忘记还有一位喜欢你的影迷，在你背后默默的支持你~好吗？
永远的偶像王禄江！！
on January 12th, 2009 at 3:49 am
Good luck with your body training.
It surely hurts a lot at the beginning, but it’ll get better and better later on, and you’ll be happy to see the results.
on January 14th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Yoz Bryan,
How are you?
What were you doing at SG Institute of Retail Studies @ HDB Hub today ard 3pm++? Filming “职场大哥大”? Or are you teaching a class?
I was there attending a 3-day course, it was my 1st day there..wasn’t aware that you were in the Gents. I was walking in when you were walking out. You saw me…
I was surprised (and shocked?) to see you there..ahahaha.
A coursemate of mine was talking to you when you were washing your hands at the sink, right?
Abit paiseh to go after you to say “hello”. Hahaha.. :p
Anyway, take care, hey if possible, see if you plan the Q&a dinner around your b-day at end of this month? A nice reason for few of us to come celebrate together for you? *wink wink eyelid* LOL.
on January 14th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
i think that you have fun in exercise!
hope you have a nice year ahead! =)
on January 18th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
hey bryan today did saw u at vivco city if wang jian fu n others but didnt say hi to u hehe but u did saw me too =) see ya again soon =)
on January 20th, 2009 at 9:15 am
happy chinese new year ah…. wish you healthy forever.. dun fall sick like me… wan celebrate CNY oso no mood liu