Quotidian

[redbird]

Today I worked out, went to the library, and got a bunch of good things to eat on Atlantic Avenue. Sahadi's is in mid-renovations, and the staff are still figuring out exactly where certain things are. Mostly this is minor: the guys who scoop and weigh the dried fruit, nuts, olives, and such are still relearning, say, where the milk chocolate covered cashews are. But I didn't get another reusable shopping bag (Sahadi's sells flat-bottomed ones that work well for trips to the Greenmarket) because the cashier couldn't find one. However, I do have pistachios and pecans and dried fruit and rice and rosemary and chocolate-covered ginger. And pistachio bird's nests and pita bread from Damascus Bakery.

Cardio, 20 minutes, top heart rate 144
Rolled out IT band etc.
Hamstring bridge, 4 sets of 9
Squats, 3 sets of 15
Crunches, 3 sets of 15
Calf raises, 3 sets of 15
Balance work on half roller and on foam roller
Opposite arm/leg balance exercise, 12 pairs
Lunges, 12 with left foot forward, 7 with right (3 sets of squats may have been too much for my quads, which were feeling sore on my way to the A train this morning)

Lat pulldowns (on round platform) 55 pounds, 2 sets of 12; one foot, 8 with each forward
Hip adduction, 80 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Hip abduction, 65 pounds, 12, 7
Glute machine, 50 pounds, 12 with each leg
Back exercise (on balance platform) 35 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Biceps curls sitting on ball, right arm only, 12 pounds, 2 sets of 12

Comments

[beginning.livejournal.com]

Chocolate-covered ginger sounds incredible.

[redbird]

This chocolate-covered ginger is only okay: the pieces are small enough that there isn't room for much ginger relative to the chocolate. There's a candy shop I sometimes go to (Varsano's, I've mentioned it here, it's the place where the owner always asks after roadnotes) that has big pieces of candied ginger covered in dark chocolate. And it's better chocolate. They also cost about six times the price, so that's more of a special indulgence.