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This morning I had a good workout, got a latish cup of tea and then lunch, and renewed my library card before coming home. The disadvantage of leaving the house when ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cattitude does is that it leaves me out of sync with my usual pattern of caffeine and second breakfast; the advantage is that it gets me to the gym while I have plenty of energy and few other people are working out, and that Cattitude and I get to travel together.
NY Public Library cards now expire after three years, but renewal is easy if you have any of the ID they consider appropriate. Also, it turns out the Nick's mini-chain of restaurants, mostly Greek, includes one on Ninth Avenue around 51st Street, so I had roast lamb and rice for lunch, and they were willing to give me skordalia instead of tzatziki. (I love tzatziki, but it doesn't always agree with me, and I got the cucumber in my salad, and the garlic from the skordalia.) I had been heading for a Chinese restaurant a couple of blocks further north, but prepared to stop anywhere sooner that looked good: I was hungry enough that I felt I needed a plan, not just "wander till I find something," and one without a subway trip involved.
Cardio, 16 minutes, top heart rate 128
Rolled out IT band etc.
Hamstring bridge, 4 sets of 9
Psoas, 3 with each leg
Ab work on middle-sized ball (55 cm), 3 sets of 10. Definitely better than the 65-cm ball.
Squats, 3 sets of 15
Calf raises, 3 sets of 15 (3 sets of each may have been too many, but it's done)
Stood on the foam roller a bit between the second and third sets of calf raises, and then a bit more, while holding the "body blade" for balance help, after the third set
Lunges, 4 sets of 10 (2 sets with each leg forward)
Opposite arm/leg, 8 pairs
Biceps curl standing on "bosu" balance thing, 10 pounds each hand, 3 sets of 15
Standing on balance platform, using the "free motion" machine in the weight room:
Lat pulldown, 35 pounds, 12; 30 pounds, 12; 30 pounds, one foot, 12 each
"Hug a tree," 10 pounds, 3 sets of 12
Back exercise, 20 pounds, 4; 15 pounds, 8, 12, 12
Triceps pulldown, 15 pounds, 12; 10 pounds, 12; 10 pounds, one foot, 8 each
Row, standing on that platform, using a different machine and a rope handle, 30 pounds, 2 sets of 12
cattitude does is that it leaves me out of sync with my usual pattern of caffeine and second breakfast; the advantage is that it gets me to the gym while I have plenty of energy and few other people are working out, and that Cattitude and I get to travel together.NY Public Library cards now expire after three years, but renewal is easy if you have any of the ID they consider appropriate. Also, it turns out the Nick's mini-chain of restaurants, mostly Greek, includes one on Ninth Avenue around 51st Street, so I had roast lamb and rice for lunch, and they were willing to give me skordalia instead of tzatziki. (I love tzatziki, but it doesn't always agree with me, and I got the cucumber in my salad, and the garlic from the skordalia.) I had been heading for a Chinese restaurant a couple of blocks further north, but prepared to stop anywhere sooner that looked good: I was hungry enough that I felt I needed a plan, not just "wander till I find something," and one without a subway trip involved.
Cardio, 16 minutes, top heart rate 128
Rolled out IT band etc.
Hamstring bridge, 4 sets of 9
Psoas, 3 with each leg
Ab work on middle-sized ball (55 cm), 3 sets of 10. Definitely better than the 65-cm ball.
Squats, 3 sets of 15
Calf raises, 3 sets of 15 (3 sets of each may have been too many, but it's done)
Stood on the foam roller a bit between the second and third sets of calf raises, and then a bit more, while holding the "body blade" for balance help, after the third set
Lunges, 4 sets of 10 (2 sets with each leg forward)
Opposite arm/leg, 8 pairs
Biceps curl standing on "bosu" balance thing, 10 pounds each hand, 3 sets of 15
Standing on balance platform, using the "free motion" machine in the weight room:
Lat pulldown, 35 pounds, 12; 30 pounds, 12; 30 pounds, one foot, 12 each
"Hug a tree," 10 pounds, 3 sets of 12
Back exercise, 20 pounds, 4; 15 pounds, 8, 12, 12
Triceps pulldown, 15 pounds, 12; 10 pounds, 12; 10 pounds, one foot, 8 each
Row, standing on that platform, using a different machine and a rope handle, 30 pounds, 2 sets of 12