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So, I did a no-upper-body-stuff workout this morning: Cardio, 30 minutes, top heart rate 132
Rolled out IT band etc.
Hamstring bridge, 4 sets of 9
Ab work on 55 cm ball, 3 sets of 10
Squats leaning on (45 cm) ball, 3 sets of 15
Calf raises leaning on ball, 3 sets of 15
Balance stuff with foam roller, first lying on it with limbs in the air, then standing on it, including a little bit of one-foot stuff
Psoas exercise, 3 with each leg up
Opposite arm/leg balance exercise, 3 pairs (and then I stopped because it seemed possible that the on-all-fours thing involved my upper body too much for the instant)
"Airplane" back exercise, 10
Lunges, 10 with each leg forward, facing mirror so I could keep an eye on alignment
After exercising, I met![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cattitude for a quick lunch in Chinatown. (I may have overdone the stairs walking down into the 6 train station: 51st Street is deeper than 33rd.)
Eating at Excellent Dumpling was quick enough that Cattitude had time to walk around with me a bit before going back to work. We went up Lafayette Street and wound up wandering into the REI store. I am now a member of REI: I am generally in favor of co-ops, and we were getting enough stuff that it seemed plausible financially. In some weird way, this balances having found and thrown away my long-useless Yale Co-op membership card (it's not so much that the card expired, though it may have, but that the organization no longer exists, there's a chain bookstore in that space on the campus instead).
From there, traveled home, looking at some flowers (more crocuses and daffodils, a few early forsythia and late snowdrops on LaGuardia Place, and more fritillaries) on the way and stopping at Grom for gelato. The flavor of the month is a serious dark chocolate with candied orange; it goes well the pink grapefruit sorbet.
Rolled out IT band etc.
Hamstring bridge, 4 sets of 9
Ab work on 55 cm ball, 3 sets of 10
Squats leaning on (45 cm) ball, 3 sets of 15
Calf raises leaning on ball, 3 sets of 15
Balance stuff with foam roller, first lying on it with limbs in the air, then standing on it, including a little bit of one-foot stuff
Psoas exercise, 3 with each leg up
Opposite arm/leg balance exercise, 3 pairs (and then I stopped because it seemed possible that the on-all-fours thing involved my upper body too much for the instant)
"Airplane" back exercise, 10
Lunges, 10 with each leg forward, facing mirror so I could keep an eye on alignment
After exercising, I met
cattitude for a quick lunch in Chinatown. (I may have overdone the stairs walking down into the 6 train station: 51st Street is deeper than 33rd.) Eating at Excellent Dumpling was quick enough that Cattitude had time to walk around with me a bit before going back to work. We went up Lafayette Street and wound up wandering into the REI store. I am now a member of REI: I am generally in favor of co-ops, and we were getting enough stuff that it seemed plausible financially. In some weird way, this balances having found and thrown away my long-useless Yale Co-op membership card (it's not so much that the card expired, though it may have, but that the organization no longer exists, there's a chain bookstore in that space on the campus instead).
From there, traveled home, looking at some flowers (more crocuses and daffodils, a few early forsythia and late snowdrops on LaGuardia Place, and more fritillaries) on the way and stopping at Grom for gelato. The flavor of the month is a serious dark chocolate with candied orange; it goes well the pink grapefruit sorbet.
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