Quote Originally Posted by Nangle View Post
I played football for the first time in 2 and a half years today. I used to play twice a week so I'm not a bad player, but that was a serious wake-up call in terms of fitness I was blowing out my arse after 5 minutes and my lungs felt like they were on fire. Apart from the fact my legs now feel like anvils, I'm really looking forward to playing regularly again.
When I started swimming again it took me back how shockingly bad my fitness had become. You can gain it back relatively quickly at our age but it's striking how different the levels were & are when you're not exercising.