Snow and Pain

I think I live in the windiest part of Korea. We just had our first snowfall of the season on Saturday which we watched from our 12th floor veranda and the snow was blowing horizontally. The temperature isn't so bad but the wind is icy.

As it was so inhospitable outside, it was a good weekend to be in excruciating pain. I was barely able to walk to the next room. The reason? I joined a local fitness center last week and the trainer, Song-jin, was a little too ambitious and encouraged me to do a pile of abdominal exercises on my second day, which was Thursday. My upper thighs and lower abdomen were so tense and hurt so much after all that exercise that on Saturday I couldn't straighten my body over 90 degrees to my legs without experiencing pain. I spent the day sitting or laying in the fetal position and when I did need to walk I had to use my arms to lift each leg for each step on the way to my destination as even lifting my legs caused pain. It was Sunday evening before I could stand up straight again.

I went to the gym yesterday and complained of my pain. Song-jin laughed and made me do the same exercises again, but this time let me off with half as many sets. Then we did chest and arm exercises. Today I can't straighten my arms without pain and tomorrow will hurt even more. I'm a bit confused as to how this is beneficial for me. I was unable to exercise for the following 3 days because of my pain and now I get to do it all over again. It seems to me that it would be a better idea to start slowly and build up intensity slowly so that at least I am able to function at my job and get some sleep (which I wasn't able to do on Friday night) but my complaints to gym buffs have fallen on deaf ears. Hopefully my muscles will be a little more used to it soon so I can physically leave my home and enjoy the weekends.