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Redbird ([personal profile] redbird) wrote2004-03-11 08:17 pm
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Quotidian update

The nice people I do intermittent temp office work for had a few hours of data entry, and suggested I come in at noon today. That seemed good, leaving time for a full-length workout beforehand. The calf muscle that cramped badly on Tuesday was okay this morning, but I decided not to push it; I'll return to that machine on Saturday; there's lots of other good stuff I can do. I even had time for a quick lunch between the two: I stopped at Amy's Bread and had some carrot/ginger/artichoke soup that was thick enough to be more like stew, and seriously gingery. The place was almost empty, so the staff chatted with me a little.

I hadn't prowled Ninth Avenue in ages, because I'm in the habit of going down to Chinatown for lunch after working out. I finished work around 3:15, and picked up sausages from a "pork store" on 38th Street (despite the name, they carry other meats as well), and then olives (for [livejournal.com profile] cattitude), lentils, halvah, and unsweetened chocolate at an "International Grocery" which lured me in with the "EΛΛHNIKON" on its sign.

And then I came home to the news from Madrid. I was already feeling physically unwell (an odd pain across my chest, under my breasts; removing my bra made no noticeable difference), and my search for a comfortable position resolved itself as sitting cross-legged on the bed, leaning slightly forward, in my pajamas. I hadn't expected to sit there long, but I fell asleep. Cattitude woke me when he got home, by which time I was feeling much better but slightly unsteady on my feet. A cup of tea resolved that.

Workout numbers:

Cardio, 33 minutes, top heart rate 145
Bench press, 60 pounds, 12, 10; 55 pounds, 10
Seated leg curl, 90 pounds, 2 sets of 15; 85 pounds, 15
Lat pulldown, 72 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Tricep pulldown, 50 pounds, 2 sets of 15; 45 pounds, 15

Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Yoga tree, 4 sets of {2 on each side}
This is sufficiently the default that I just wrote "crunch, arch, tree" on the newspaper.

Wrist curl, 35 pounds, 12; 30 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Leg press, 245 pounds, 3 sets of 13
Bicep curl, 35-pound bar, 3 sets of 15. (I picked up the 40-pound bar, could tell immediately that it would be too much today, and put it back on the rack.)
Lateral raise, 5 pounds in each hand, 2 sets of 15

Stretches

[identity profile] mactavish.livejournal.com 2004-03-11 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
That soup sounds dreamy . . .

[identity profile] holyoutlaw.livejournal.com 2004-03-12 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
That icon is my desktop. Cool!

[identity profile] perigee.livejournal.com 2004-03-12 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
[livejournal.com profile] misia's frog prince sings, at one point, a song, that includes the word "quotidian".