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I headed out this morning before the snow started, to deposit checks (a pleasantly reassuring activity) and exercise. By the time I was done at the gym, it was snowing, but the Midtown streets were only wet. I went down to the Village and had lunch at Paul's Heavenly Burgers, where the staff take you seriously when you say you want your burger "as rare as they're allowed to make it." When I complimented the waitress, afterwards, and noted that it had been a long time since I had a genuinely rare hamburger, she said they don't let the government tell them how to cook their food. We agreed that it's my own risk, for me to decide to take. I think, though, that I actually prefer medium-rare: it's so difficult to get anything rarer than medium that I'd forgotten that. The sweet potato fries were also good, as were the pickles. I thought, partway through, that I'd ordered too much food, but I ate it all, comfortably.
On a whim, I poked my head into K-Mart, hoping for long-sleeved casual shirts. No, too late. So I tried on jeans (which didn't fit) and bras (one of which did), and picked up printer paper, then trudged home, feeling somewhat out of things. Up here the ground was slippery, thanks to slightly cooler conditions or an additional hour for the snow to fall. I need new sneakers; the sole of my right sneaker leaks.
While I waited for the heat to come on, I made cakelings (because "preheat oven to 400°F") seemed like a wonderfully friendly sentence; now I have heat and seven cinnamon/orange/chocolate chip cakelings. And I am well exercised.
Cardio, 33 minutes, top heart rate 145
Calf machine, 60 pounds, 3 sets of 15, no problems
Bench press, 60 pounds, 12; 60 pounds, 8, and 55 pounds, 4; a set of 9 at 55 pounds.
Seated leg curl, 95 pounds, 12; 90 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Triceps pulldown, 50 pounds, 15; 45 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 2 on each leg, then my left foot cramped while I was standing on the right.
Bicep curl, 40 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Lateral raise, 5 pounds each hand, 3 sets of 15
Once again, I noticed that some of what I do is established patterns: I just did bicep curls, so I'll do lateral raises because the weights are right behind me.
Seated leg press, 250 pounds, 3 sets of 12
Wrist curl, 35 pounds, 3 sets of 15. But I need to pay attention to form on this, I realized near the end that I was lifting the bar too high.
Adjustable row, 100 pounds, 3 sets of 12
Stretches
On a whim, I poked my head into K-Mart, hoping for long-sleeved casual shirts. No, too late. So I tried on jeans (which didn't fit) and bras (one of which did), and picked up printer paper, then trudged home, feeling somewhat out of things. Up here the ground was slippery, thanks to slightly cooler conditions or an additional hour for the snow to fall. I need new sneakers; the sole of my right sneaker leaks.
While I waited for the heat to come on, I made cakelings (because "preheat oven to 400°F") seemed like a wonderfully friendly sentence; now I have heat and seven cinnamon/orange/chocolate chip cakelings. And I am well exercised.
Cardio, 33 minutes, top heart rate 145
Calf machine, 60 pounds, 3 sets of 15, no problems
Bench press, 60 pounds, 12; 60 pounds, 8, and 55 pounds, 4; a set of 9 at 55 pounds.
Seated leg curl, 95 pounds, 12; 90 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Triceps pulldown, 50 pounds, 15; 45 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 2 on each leg, then my left foot cramped while I was standing on the right.
Bicep curl, 40 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Lateral raise, 5 pounds each hand, 3 sets of 15
Once again, I noticed that some of what I do is established patterns: I just did bicep curls, so I'll do lateral raises because the weights are right behind me.
Seated leg press, 250 pounds, 3 sets of 12
Wrist curl, 35 pounds, 3 sets of 15. But I need to pay attention to form on this, I realized near the end that I was lifting the bar too high.
Adjustable row, 100 pounds, 3 sets of 12
Stretches