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cattitude and then headed downtown. First stop was the gym, where I had a good workout in pleasantly uncrowded conditions, probably the last such I will have for at least six weeks. (After New Year's I'll be mostly if not entirely going at the end of the workday, and the gym is always most crowded in January.)
Exercised and showered, I walked over to the New Balance store, where they were friendly and helpful about exchanging my sneakers for the right size. I explained that I needed a women's size eight and had gotten a men's. The salesman took a quick look in the box, then verified that I wanted 8EE, went in back, and brought out the correct shoes. I tried them on, walked around briefly, checked the size label on the tongue of the shoe (which says both 8 and 39), and noted that they left shoe is a little tight at the little toe. He assured me it would be fine in a couple of days, which matches my general experience of leather shoes, but also means I should break them in gently, not dive in to wearing them for a full day.
From there, feeling good about things, I got on the train and went down to Greenwich Village. Varsano's was open, uncrowded, and had a wide selection of chocolates available--I'd thought they might have closed early, or sold out of some things. I told Mark Varsano I didn't need ginger this time--he offered to take a look for it as soon as he saw me--and got a selection of creams and truffles, plus some orange peel and one cordial cherry for Cattitude. Thence home, and it was still light out.
Cardio, 20 minutes plus two cooldown, top heart rate 149. (Imperial Spain was better for getting into a cardio groove than the newspaper features section, which rarely lasts more than 12 minutes.)
Leg press, 260 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Chest press, 65 pounds, 8 (upper arms were feeling it more than usual)
Calf raise, 90 pounds, 15; 80 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Balance ~fly, 65 pounds, 15 with each leg forward; 55 pounds, 15 with each leg forward
Crunches, 3 sets of 30
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 5 sets of {3 on each leg}
Biceps curls, 10 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 20. Probably about 3 too many, my left wrist was hurting a bit at the end, so I applied my cold water bottle for a minute.
Hip adduction, 90 pounds, 2 sets of 13
Hip abduction, 80 pounds, 9 (the note here says "aargh"--I'd not done this in a while, and it was uncomfortable)
Balance lateral raise, with a different (flatter but wobblier) thing to stand on, 2. pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15, slipped off twice in the second set
Stretches
cattitude and then headed downtown. First stop was the gym, where I had a good workout in pleasantly uncrowded conditions, probably the last such I will have for at least six weeks. (After New Year's I'll be mostly if not entirely going at the end of the workday, and the gym is always most crowded in January.)Exercised and showered, I walked over to the New Balance store, where they were friendly and helpful about exchanging my sneakers for the right size. I explained that I needed a women's size eight and had gotten a men's. The salesman took a quick look in the box, then verified that I wanted 8EE, went in back, and brought out the correct shoes. I tried them on, walked around briefly, checked the size label on the tongue of the shoe (which says both 8 and 39), and noted that they left shoe is a little tight at the little toe. He assured me it would be fine in a couple of days, which matches my general experience of leather shoes, but also means I should break them in gently, not dive in to wearing them for a full day.
From there, feeling good about things, I got on the train and went down to Greenwich Village. Varsano's was open, uncrowded, and had a wide selection of chocolates available--I'd thought they might have closed early, or sold out of some things. I told Mark Varsano I didn't need ginger this time--he offered to take a look for it as soon as he saw me--and got a selection of creams and truffles, plus some orange peel and one cordial cherry for Cattitude. Thence home, and it was still light out.
Cardio, 20 minutes plus two cooldown, top heart rate 149. (Imperial Spain was better for getting into a cardio groove than the newspaper features section, which rarely lasts more than 12 minutes.)
Leg press, 260 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Chest press, 65 pounds, 8 (upper arms were feeling it more than usual)
Calf raise, 90 pounds, 15; 80 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Balance ~fly, 65 pounds, 15 with each leg forward; 55 pounds, 15 with each leg forward
Crunches, 3 sets of 30
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 5 sets of {3 on each leg}
Biceps curls, 10 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 20. Probably about 3 too many, my left wrist was hurting a bit at the end, so I applied my cold water bottle for a minute.
Hip adduction, 90 pounds, 2 sets of 13
Hip abduction, 80 pounds, 9 (the note here says "aargh"--I'd not done this in a while, and it was uncomfortable)
Balance lateral raise, with a different (flatter but wobblier) thing to stand on, 2. pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15, slipped off twice in the second set
Stretches
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