SamSam pushed hard all morning, well exceeding his new therapist’s expectations on all the machines. He was glad to have no limits on what he could and couldn’t do. He was proceeding well and pushing his workout. Even when he was tired and his muscles ached, he pushed on.
These were all things he could be doing in the team gym with the trainer. I’ll show these guys that I’m ready to get back to it.
“Let’s try something new. It’s called Tabata. Get back on the bike and go as hard and fast as you can for twenty seconds, then slow and steady for ten seconds. We’ll repeat this for a total of four minutes, and then you get to rest for one minute.” Alex, his new therapist, smirked. “So, two reps every minute, eight reps total. Sounds easy, right?”
Sam knew exactly why he was smirking. “Yeah,
