Last condition check-up
Last week we took a sports test to get an indication of our physical conditions. Last time we did this was almost two years ago, at a very modern sport school with a very different test. This time we went to “Praktijk voor Conditieverbetering Witte Vrouwen” in Utrecht. A very friendly and relaxed place. No magic vitamin drinks or shiny muscles in tight bright coloured clothes, nor television sets and loud music. Nothing to make you forget that actually you hate sport and rather sit in front of the television with a beer and peanuts. But, you want to look young and are afraid to die young too, so you just have to go through all of the meaningless boring motions lifting weights for no reason at all other than to compensate for a lazy automated lifestyle.
Well, that’s the opinion of some of our group which actually prevented some of us to go to a gym regularly. But ofcourse also we want to survive at least our expedition, so it was time for a check-up. The Praktijk voor Conditieverbetering Witte Vrouwen immediately took away all our mixed feelings about sportschools. We were guided by Casper (our expedition doctor) and by the owner who was a very friendly slightly older and knowledgable man. It turned out that at this place many more expeditions and sports people come to work on their condition, so the owner was quite used to testing people who were going for extreme physical challenges.
We had our relevant variables measured and although the owner was not as impressed with us as compared to some other expeditions he had seen we do not need to worry a lot. We were in very good shape. Even the older people amongst us. So, our bodies are ready and set to go now !