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cattitude, which got me to the gym before nine. It was odd being there at that particular off-hour: not only was it very uncrowded, but there seemed to be almost no other women there. I talked to one of the staff about a missing handle for the weight machines, and he said that was the second complaint in two days, and then came back to tell me that they were ordering a replacement.
Cardio, 33 minutes, top heart rate 161--quite a while in the 150s
Assisted chinup, 10, 5
Calf machine, 45 pounds, 3 sets of 13. Right calf cramped on very last rep. I walked it out, slowly, and was careful with those muscles for the rest of the workout.
Bench press, 55 pounds, 3 sets of 10
Triceps pulldown, 40 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Seated leg curl, 80 pounds, 15, 9--back felt odd, so stopped
Bicep curl, 35-pound bar, 3 sets of 15
Lateral raise, 5 pounds each hand, 3 sets of 15
Wrist curls, 5 pounds each hand, 3 sets of 15
Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arch, 3 sets of 16
Cat and camel, tree--wobblier today
Leg press, 235 pounds, 12
Adjustable row, 80 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Stretches
Then I went down to Chinatown for a quick, early lunch, and realized that it would be a good day for otters, so I went up to the Central Park Zoo. One of the otters was swimming very energetically, mostly doing laps--with a neat backflip into the water at one end of the virtual lane. Having seen what I'd come for, I walked downhill to the red pandas.
It turns out that they have a four-month-old red panda, an age at which he's walking happily by himself, but still very playful and sticking close to his mother. I spent a long time watching them, as they bounced around the enclosure and played together. The youngster sniffed or tasted everything in sight, and chased a squirrel. Eventually a third panda (his father?) woke up and came down from the pine tree, but did not socialize with the other two--in fact, when young Rocco approached him, he hissed, and the baby backed off. At another point, the baby started to climb a tree as his mother was coming down the trunk: they looked at each other a moment, then Rocco backed down and his mother continued on her way. I talked a bit to other panda-watchers, including a tourist who had literally not known the species existed and had come to the zoo to see the birds.
After the zoo, I came downtown to hang out witheleanor; she made me tea, and we've talked and I've played with her animals. Right now she and her stepdaughter are watching Buffy reruns; I have a low television tolerance, so only watched one episode.
cattitude, which got me to the gym before nine. It was odd being there at that particular off-hour: not only was it very uncrowded, but there seemed to be almost no other women there. I talked to one of the staff about a missing handle for the weight machines, and he said that was the second complaint in two days, and then came back to tell me that they were ordering a replacement.Cardio, 33 minutes, top heart rate 161--quite a while in the 150s
Assisted chinup, 10, 5
Calf machine, 45 pounds, 3 sets of 13. Right calf cramped on very last rep. I walked it out, slowly, and was careful with those muscles for the rest of the workout.
Bench press, 55 pounds, 3 sets of 10
Triceps pulldown, 40 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Seated leg curl, 80 pounds, 15, 9--back felt odd, so stopped
Bicep curl, 35-pound bar, 3 sets of 15
Lateral raise, 5 pounds each hand, 3 sets of 15
Wrist curls, 5 pounds each hand, 3 sets of 15
Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arch, 3 sets of 16
Cat and camel, tree--wobblier today
Leg press, 235 pounds, 12
Adjustable row, 80 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Stretches
Then I went down to Chinatown for a quick, early lunch, and realized that it would be a good day for otters, so I went up to the Central Park Zoo. One of the otters was swimming very energetically, mostly doing laps--with a neat backflip into the water at one end of the virtual lane. Having seen what I'd come for, I walked downhill to the red pandas.
It turns out that they have a four-month-old red panda, an age at which he's walking happily by himself, but still very playful and sticking close to his mother. I spent a long time watching them, as they bounced around the enclosure and played together. The youngster sniffed or tasted everything in sight, and chased a squirrel. Eventually a third panda (his father?) woke up and came down from the pine tree, but did not socialize with the other two--in fact, when young Rocco approached him, he hissed, and the baby backed off. At another point, the baby started to climb a tree as his mother was coming down the trunk: they looked at each other a moment, then Rocco backed down and his mother continued on her way. I talked a bit to other panda-watchers, including a tourist who had literally not known the species existed and had come to the zoo to see the birds.
After the zoo, I came downtown to hang out with
eleanor; she made me tea, and we've talked and I've played with her animals. Right now she and her stepdaughter are watching Buffy reruns; I have a low television tolerance, so only watched one episode.