gym; socializing; cat update

[redbird]

I did a fairly thorough workout this morning
Cardio, 33 minutes, top heart rate 145

Hip adduction, 115 pounds, 13, 12; 100 pounds, 16
Hip abduction, 100 pounds, 2 sets of 13
Assisted chin-up, max assist: 10, 4

Bench press, 50 pounds, 3 sets of 12. Woo-hoo! (I've been trying to get three smooth sets on that for weeks.)
Seated leg curl, 80 pounds, 3 sets of 15

Adjustable row, 110 pounds, 15, 2. Stopped there because my left forearm was feeling sore and I didn't want to push it too hard.

Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back/hip lift with physio ball, 2 sets of 15
Back arch, 2 sets of 16
Yoga tree

Bicep curl, 40-pound bar, 2 sets of 15; 35-pound bar, 15
Underhand wrist curls, 3 pounds each hand, 3 sets of 15 (this should help my forearms)
Lateral raise (the simple kind, just out and back), 5 pounds each hand, 3 sets of 15

Stretches

Triceps pulldown, 40 pounds, 3 sets of 15. I asked Bob to check my form, and he reminded me to keep my elbows at my sides, not let them slide forward (Yes, this was after the stretches).

I had a nice Chinese lunch after all that exercise, then dropped in on porcinea, who fed me lots of Darjeeling tea while we talked. I tore myself away about 4:30, so I could be on the A train before rush hour.

cattitude came home this afternoon to a message from the vet. Artemis has an elevated white blood cell count in her urine, which is evidence of an infection. So, another three-week course of Amoxycillin, which she'll just hate.

Comments

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

I think that nellorat mentioned on her journal that we had better luck with dosing Courageous once we found a compounding pharmacy which would mix her medicines with cod liver oil. She still resisted taking them, but she didn't resist as much.

The downside is that cod liver oil gets all over things; with an indoor cat, you might end up with a house reeking of cod.

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

If it's any consolation, I've found Amoxycillin to be effectve when I've taken it myself...