After my little experiment, I felt ready to commit to £33/month for membership of our local leisure centre. I did use the gym at least twice a week for more than a month, so I am serious this time.

One of the pluses I hadn’t foreseen with this is I can now go more often and do less, if that is what I want to do. Before I felt I had to “get my money’s worth” since it was pay-as-you-go. If I want a little swim now, I can. If I want to swim for 15 minutes, then got to the gym, I can.

The first session back after nearly two weeks off over the holiday was hard. A lot of fun though, and I felt great during the workout, and afterwards. Today I ache.