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Conversation and exercise
I rode both ways on the railroad with Alina (I'd been seriously misspelling her name) today. We were talking about life and travel and stuff, as we will, on the way home. A woman got on at Great Neck, apologized for interrupting, and asked if this was the train to New York. I said yes, and explained that the other people on the platform were waiting for the local. Then I laughed to myself, because this is exactly the sort of thing I'd been describing--people asking me for information on transit--just before she got on.
A little bit after that, Alina took a call on her mobile, and the woman apologized again, and asked me a question about the euro and relative expenses of visiting different parts of Europe. I sorted things out (she'd gotten confused between "single currency" and "prices the same everywhere"), and she proceeded to join our conversation the rest of the way. I encouraged her to invite her German friend to visit, when he finishes school in Auckland. I doubt we'll see her again--she's a native Brooklynite, but now lives in Arizona, and is visiting relatives.
After that, I went to the gym.
Cardio, 10 minutes, top heart rate 142. I might have gone longer, but I dropped my water bottle, and the purpose was warmup--I had a nice, though not especially fast, walk at lunchtime.
Xpressline:
Seated leg press, 335 pounds, 12. (Yes, that's another increase)
Leg extension, 65 pounds, 12.
Leg curl, 100 pounds, 12.
Lat pulldown, 95 pounds, 12 (also another increase).
Overhead press, 35 pounds, 12.
Vertical chest press, 50 pounds, 12.
Biceps, 45 pounds, 2 with great difficulty, so dropped back to 40 pounds, did another 7. I hadn't realized on Tuesday that the trainer had given me an extra 10 pounds, which is a reasonable increase when I'm starting at 315, or even at 90, but extreme from 35.
Triceps, 50 pounds, 12
Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 4 sets of {2 on each leg}
Stretches
A little bit after that, Alina took a call on her mobile, and the woman apologized again, and asked me a question about the euro and relative expenses of visiting different parts of Europe. I sorted things out (she'd gotten confused between "single currency" and "prices the same everywhere"), and she proceeded to join our conversation the rest of the way. I encouraged her to invite her German friend to visit, when he finishes school in Auckland. I doubt we'll see her again--she's a native Brooklynite, but now lives in Arizona, and is visiting relatives.
After that, I went to the gym.
Cardio, 10 minutes, top heart rate 142. I might have gone longer, but I dropped my water bottle, and the purpose was warmup--I had a nice, though not especially fast, walk at lunchtime.
Xpressline:
Seated leg press, 335 pounds, 12. (Yes, that's another increase)
Leg extension, 65 pounds, 12.
Leg curl, 100 pounds, 12.
Lat pulldown, 95 pounds, 12 (also another increase).
Overhead press, 35 pounds, 12.
Vertical chest press, 50 pounds, 12.
Biceps, 45 pounds, 2 with great difficulty, so dropped back to 40 pounds, did another 7. I hadn't realized on Tuesday that the trainer had given me an extra 10 pounds, which is a reasonable increase when I'm starting at 315, or even at 90, but extreme from 35.
Triceps, 50 pounds, 12
Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 4 sets of {2 on each leg}
Stretches