Another gym post

[redbird]

The first real workout in a bit, partly because I was in Somerville with adrian_turtle for a week and no longer have a membership in a gym that has Boston-area branches. Also the first in a while with significant cardio.


Cardio, 15 minutes, top heart rate 141
Lat pulldown, 25 pounds, did it all standing on one foot: 12 reps on each foot, then 8 each
Squats, 3 sets of 15
Biceps curls, 10 pounds each hand, 3 sets of 15
Calf raise, 3 sets of 15 [I did a variant calf exercise at home yesterday evening, 2 sets of 10, and my calves were hurting after, so I wasn't sure this would go well, but it did.]
Chest press, 40 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Row, 45 pounds, 12, 9
Seated leg curl, 50 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Standing/leaning pushups (outdoors, it's getting chilly for doing this while dressed for the indoor gym), 2 sets of 12

Comments

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

Standing/leaning pushups (outdoors, it's getting chilly for doing this while dressed for the indoor gym)

You might want to consider dressing a little more warmly for the gym in the next few months. I've found a lot of things become much harder when I'm a little chilly. And the gym in your building doesn't have lots of people contributing body heat.

[redbird]

It was warm enough today that I took off one layer partway through the cardio, though I put it on again later: but so far that means it's at a good temperature for a short-sleeved shirt, exercise bra underneath, and fairly thin calf-length pants. But it was I think 47 F outdoors when I finished. So maybe do the pushups at some other point, when I'm dressed for outdoors, and walk indoors both ways to get to and from the exercise room. (The spot I'm using for the pushups would be much less appealing in the rain, anyhow.)