A Weekly Workout

 I've been thinking a lot about health and fitness recently.

I'm doing really well with my exercise at the moment. Once a week I go to Aldi. It's like an award winning HIIT class. 

The warm up; grab your trolley, disinfect under pressure with a queue behind you (this is the anticipation of what's to come!) ease yourself into the store, socially distanced, then begin to manoeuvre your way around the store, socially distancing with a delinquent trolley.

Keep a steady mind...pilates...stay in the zone....stick to your list...

The Barre workout begins. Steady the breathing in the mask; stretch to the top shelf and duck to the bottom, stretch and duck, approach, withdraw. Breathe. Keeping a distance from other humans at all time. This is the repetitive part and lasts for some time. It tests your form and stamina.

Finally, once you have completed the circuit, you join the socially distanced checkout queue, half way up the aisle. Boxing begins. Do not let your guard down. Be prepared to move left, right, duck and swerve when you least expect it so that fellow shoppers can access all products.

Then, your time has arrived, yoga is applied as you stretch into your trolley, and turn, stretching to place your bread with your other products which are hurtling down the conveyor belt at a rate of knots. You create a new gymnastics move; 'the windmill' as you fling the products from trolley to conveyor belt as quick as you can without dislocating your shoulders, while noticing that your queue has doubled in length. (Pressure builds, heart rate rises rapidly)

At last, all items are ready for checkout.

Now, the crescendo. The cashier has a plastic screen - your items will be fired at you from the letterbox style gap at the bottom. Keep your hands ready, goalie gloves optional....and GO! don't take your eye off the hands of the cashier...hand to eye coordination is essential or you will fail at the last hurdle. Keep the eggs til last, and once they are scanned, gently take them and place them in their cosy spot.

Step back from the checkout, bow, karate style and push your trolley out of the shop.

The weight lifting ends the session with placing the bags into the boot of your car, return trolley, anti-bac on hands, and return to car.

Finally, deep breathing....in....out....in....out until your pulse returns to normal.

Here endeth your weekly Aldi workout. Well done folks!

Peace out folks

Kate