exercise, springtime

[redbird]

cattitude had to go to work today, and I'd wakened before he did, so I headed downtown as well, to use the gym when it wasn't crowded. I had a good workout and a nice lunch (Paul's Heavenly Burgers, on Third Avenue off St. Mark's Place). Then I took the subway back to midtown, and walked through Central Park from 59th and Seventh to Strawberry Fields. Daffodils and forsythia everywhere, and a willow, towering over the forsythia on the 65th Street Transverse like a pale echo of their color. Strawberry Fields had lots of chionodoxa (aka glory-of-the-snow, tiny blue-and-white flowers that grow from bulbs) and one pale pink azalea, pale enough that my first thought was flowering cherry or apple. Along West 72nd and 73rd Streets, with magnolias, to Broadway to get stuff at Fairway Market.

I have something that may do for the seder dessert, if I am not inspired to shop. I have chocolate and scallions and parve margarine and salami and kosher-for-passover matzoh meal. No actual matzoh, because I didn't want spelt, whole wheat, or egg matzoh. (Must keep looking; this is for adrian_turtle; I realized on the way home that whole wheat would have done.) Unfortunately, somewhere before I got to Strawberry Fields, my right foot started to hurt. It wasn't an incredibly long walk; shoe on wrong?

Still, it is spring, and I have new tie-dyed socks, and it's a warm sunny day. I'm waiting for a phone call, and if it comes soon enough I may try napping.

Also, the ornamental pears are in bloom on St. Mark's Place, and the forsythia up here in Inwood are finally blooming in profusion.

Cardio, 7-minute warmup program, top heart rate 142
Leg press, 280 pounds, 15; 300 pounds, 15; 280 pounds, 15
Chest press, 50 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Calf raise, 70 pounds, 2 sets of 15; 80 pounds, 15
Wrist curls, 30 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Glute machine, 55 pounds, 15 with each leg
Crunches, 3 sets of 30
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Tree, 6 sets of {3 on each side}

Balance lateral raise, 2.5 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15 (using a different surface, a softer, flatter blue thing, which is easier to stay balanced on than to get onto in the first place, though I did slip off once)
Biceps curls, 10 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 20
Balance squats (usual surface), 15

[no stretches, I'm not sure I trust the hardware right now]