Calendar

[redbird]

cattitude and I went shopping for a wall calendar today (there are various uninteresting reasons why we didn't go sooner). Unsurprisingly, the selection was sparse. There were, in fact, exactly two calendars in the bookstore (not two designs, two calendars—each of these was the last of that design) that we liked, and the choice between them was clear. Fortunately, we only needed one calendar, and by procrastinating we also got 75% off.

We also picked up the last Warren Zevon album, My Ride's Here, and then I went to the gym, which was more crowded than I was expecting on a Saturday afternoon: I'd guess a lot of people who would otherwise have gone during the week put it off until the temperature was above freezing instead of way below. I seem to have increased the weight, number of repetitions, or both on almost all my exercises; I hope I'm not too sore tomorrow.


Cardio, 25 minutes, top heart rate 147 (the Saturday paper is skimpy, and I got bored after I ran out of reading)
Hip adduction, 105 pounds, 3 sets of 13
Hip abduction, 90 pounds, 3 sets of 12
Assisted chin-up, 10, 7
Calf machine, 60 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Bench press, 60 pounds, 2 sets of 12, then one set of 7 at that weight followed quickly by 5 at 55 pounds

Seated leg curl, 90 pounds, 3 sets of 12
Tricep pulldown, 45 pounds, 3 sets of 15; I had to strain to finish the third set
Lat pulldown, 72 pounds, 12, 5; 65 pounds, 12

Crunches and back arches, I think the usual (4 × 20 and 3 ×16, respectively), but I got distracted by thinking about writing and lost count of sets
Yoga tree, 4 sets of {2 on each leg}

Wrist curl, 30 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Adjustable row, 100 pounds, 3 sets of 12
(Tried the leg press, stopped after 1 (at 235 pounds) because my knees complained)

Stretches

Comments

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

My Ride's Here is Zevon's penultimate album, and was completed before he learned he was dying of mesothelioma. His ultimate album, begun and completed after he learned, is The Wind.

My Ride's Here is the better album of the two, and is superb; I love his antepenultimate album, Life'll Kill Ya, even more. The Wind has a lot of good material on it, but it sounds like it was done in a hurry, because, well, it was.

[mintogrubb.livejournal.com]

Hey- Warren Zevon? Yeah, I remember him doing an album back in the 70's Were wolves of London, Just an Excitable Boy and quite a few more I liked on it. I used to collect vinyl LPs at one time, but when I switched to CD, I have had trouble renewing my collection. Had I known, I would not have sold all that vinyl so cheaply!