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barberio, I sent the following email to my gym's management:
As I told D, I don't have a very strong sense of gender identity, but I resent that ad staring at me on the way upstairs from the workout floor. I don't know whether women with strong gender identity will feel more excluded, or just ignore it as obviously not aimed at them.
Other than that, I had a fine long workout. I then met D at Penn Station, and we went down to Veselka for a filling lunch and good conversation. Not so much catching up on news--we've kept each other informed by apa and IM--but chat and being in the same place for a bit. We walked quite a bit, in a vain search for an anti-perspirant she was hoping someone would have on sale. I left D at Sheridan Square, and headed home.
Phenology: honey locust just beginning; lily of the valley were in bloom by yesterday. Many pleasant smells, all of which may be washed out of the air by a predicted heavy rain.
Workout numbers:
Cardio, 23 minutes, top heart rate 154
Chest press, 70 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Calf machine, 80 pounds, 10; 70 pounds, 9. I'd meant to do one set of 13, or as many as I could, at 80, and two full sets at 70, but didn't have the energy.
Adjustable row, 80 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Triceps curl, 45 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Seated leg press, 300 pounds, 3 sets of 14
Calf raise, with 90 pounds of weight on the leg press machine, 15
Wrist curl, 35 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Crunches, 3 sets of 30
Back arch, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 4 sets of {3 on each leg}
Balance lateral raise, 5 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15; 2.5 pounds each, 15
Balance quasi-fly, 50 pounds, 15 with each leg forward
Bicep curl, 25-pound bar, 2 sets of 25; 15-pound bar, 25
Hip adduction, 110 pounds, 13
Hip abduction, 95 pounds, 1; 90 pounds, 2. At this point I realized that something in/around the right hip was hurting, so stopped.
Stretches
barberio, I sent the following email to my gym's management:There is currently a large ad at my home branch, saying "If you aren't here because of a New Year's resolution, you're a Mitchum man." I am a woman who has been a gym member for six years. This ad makes me feel unwelcome. It implies that women who are serious about exercise either aren't coming to your gym, or aren't really women.
Sincerely yours,
Vicki Rosenzweig
As I told D, I don't have a very strong sense of gender identity, but I resent that ad staring at me on the way upstairs from the workout floor. I don't know whether women with strong gender identity will feel more excluded, or just ignore it as obviously not aimed at them.
Other than that, I had a fine long workout. I then met D at Penn Station, and we went down to Veselka for a filling lunch and good conversation. Not so much catching up on news--we've kept each other informed by apa and IM--but chat and being in the same place for a bit. We walked quite a bit, in a vain search for an anti-perspirant she was hoping someone would have on sale. I left D at Sheridan Square, and headed home.
Phenology: honey locust just beginning; lily of the valley were in bloom by yesterday. Many pleasant smells, all of which may be washed out of the air by a predicted heavy rain.
Workout numbers:
Cardio, 23 minutes, top heart rate 154
Chest press, 70 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Calf machine, 80 pounds, 10; 70 pounds, 9. I'd meant to do one set of 13, or as many as I could, at 80, and two full sets at 70, but didn't have the energy.
Adjustable row, 80 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Triceps curl, 45 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Seated leg press, 300 pounds, 3 sets of 14
Calf raise, with 90 pounds of weight on the leg press machine, 15
Wrist curl, 35 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Crunches, 3 sets of 30
Back arch, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 4 sets of {3 on each leg}
Balance lateral raise, 5 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15; 2.5 pounds each, 15
Balance quasi-fly, 50 pounds, 15 with each leg forward
Bicep curl, 25-pound bar, 2 sets of 25; 15-pound bar, 25
Hip adduction, 110 pounds, 13
Hip abduction, 95 pounds, 1; 90 pounds, 2. At this point I realized that something in/around the right hip was hurting, so stopped.
Stretches
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