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Getting fit should come with a health warning, warns PJM. "In my pursuit of the body beautiful, I've broken three exercise bikes and two running machines, concussed myself and, most distressingly, bruised my testicles." And he's yet to try and get out of his contract...

(, Thu 9 Jul 2009, 13:45)
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I've never been a member of a gym
but a few years ago my housemate did persuade me to go with him to his usual gym to have a go and see if I liked it.

Off I waddled, dressed in my best trackies, trainers and T-shirt. He showed me the punchbag that he likes to pummel the shite out of on a regular basis.

I hit it. That wasn't too bad. I hit it again. I got quite a sweat worked up. I felt like Muhammad Ali.

Until I landed a particularly hard hit, only to find that the bag wasn't where I was expecting it to be. Because I'd put my entire body weight into the punch, I overbalanced, flew through the air with all the grace of a raped sparrow, and cracked my head on the wall, knocking myself out.

That was the first and last time I ever went to a gym.
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