#endorphins

I forgot the rush of endorphins that comes after you do a decent workout and take a hot shower. My muscles are all currently telling me that I am a retard, but it was totes worth it. It was surprisingly enjoyable - well, maybe until the last tabata when I was doing bicycle crunches and toe crunches. But apart from that, it was actually quite fun and definitely different from what I've been doing for the last three months. And I've realised that I have not been pushing myself at all... by the second tabata, I had sweat dripping from places that I forgot could even sweat (i.e. the popliteal fossa). And the best thing was that it happened after EIGHT MINUTES. Not twenty minutes of running and getting bored out of my mind.
I don't think I can go back to running for 45 minutes again. Best things about tabata:

• the exercise changes after 4 minutes (or even sooner if you want to do a mixed tabata) so you don't get bored
• you get an entire body workout: the fact that every single muscle in my body is currently aching is evidence of that
• I can change the exercises when my body gets used to one (although doing 96 odd squats with weights is going to take awhile for my body to adapt to...)
• It takes me half an hour to work out and I am pretty knackered (no, destroyed) after that, whereas I used to have to do an hour's work to get to the same level of exhaustedness 
• I don't even have to leave the house. When I was running at the gym, it'd take me half an hour to get there and back, plus time to get changed and to find a bloody car park

Also, said couple in our med class who got married? They brought a flippin' wedding cake to class today to share. Honestly, I thought we should've bought them a bloody cake. And fuck me, it was actually the most beautiful chocolate cake I've had in quite some time. So rich and moist that half a slice was more than enough - except, I kinda wanted to go in for seconds after nomnoming it down in a matter of seconds.