Garfield by Jim Davis for February 03, 2023

Working out doesn’t work out for everyone.

But for how long? 3 days

does this mean the diet week arc has ended?

Jon didn’t buy an exercise bike, but rather a coat rack.

Garfield’s barely moved his legs in more than 4 decades

you mean it’s all because he overworked his muscles?!?

Carrying the exercise bike, must’ve worn Jon out.

And that was just taking the packing carton to the recycling bin.

dust collector

I am up to 7 miles in 25 minutes, I was 4 miles in 30 minutes. AT a gym!

And that was just the unpacking……..

Wait til he tries to put it together!

Garfield’s face is hilarious in the last panel.

How many minutes did Jon exercise with the bike? Just curious.

I think Jon has been taking lessons in (not) exercising from Garfield again

and let’s see how much Jon gets for it if he decides to sell it!

I haven’t seen Garfield smile this much during a diet week ever.

Jon must’ve done the max tension for the max time to have over stressed his legs after one use. Jon should stick to cartooning as anything more physical than that will lead him to all out failure.

He probably flew off the exercise bike.

He had a blowout in his leg muscles.

I can still feel exactly how it felt! I’d been recuperating for several months after a bad car accident and subsequent spinal surgery (in my early twenties, almost 20yrs ago) when I decided it was time to step up the rehab and get back into shape!

So I dug out my bike and went for a spin. I had a basket on it so I decided to pedal into the small town we lived outside of and run into the grocery store, just under 10 miles round trip (including a rather large/steep overpass).

I had a nice ride and was feeling pretty good until the next morning lol at which point my thigh muscles were so sore I was almost in tears! They were so excruciatingly tender that just a sheet brushing over them felt like torture!

Is Jon exhausted from using it or putting it together?

LOL!

If Jon really can’t move his legs after just taking the exercise bike out of the box, then he really is pathetic.

After the first five days of football practice, couldn’t move anything.

Smart alecy smile on Garfield.

I hear THAT! We just got a bike because we hit the icy season in Buffalo. Just FIVE MINUTES is ROUGH!!!

he should have gone with baby steps…a kid trycicle first…

the problem with a lot of exercise equipment is… people overdo it on first try, and then there’s no 2nd try

Seeing Jon unable to move pleases Garfield.

I went through the same thing after getting on the stair climbing machine after a hiatus. I couldn’t get through the whole workout.

“CAN’T MOVE YOUR LEGS?”

“NOPE”

(imagines a different version of the panel of this cartoon not involving these parts of its dialogue)

Character near the left side of this panel: AND JUST BEFORE I COULD USE IT, MY LEGS BECAME NUMB

Finally, he got the message…

He’s gonna start smelling really bad in a bit

You’ve got to love Garfield’s grin at the end.

I remember experiencing weak legs after long bike trips – not to the extent of inability to stand.

Hahahahahahaha! I love the burn of exercise.