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I had a doctor's appointment this morning (just a checkup: all is well, and I was amused by the doctor's attempt to persuade me of the merits of an exercise program less vigorous than I already follow).
After the exam, I went down to Chinatown, where I got lunch (the usual sweet ginger duck at the usual place), then went to the post office, where I bought a money order and sent it off, with a variety of forms that constitute a city "education and experience" "exam". In theory, if they agree that I have the necessary background, I will at some future point be offered a job doing computer tech support. The money order was for the filing fee; money orders are the only acceptable form of payment. Preparatory to this, I spent a chunk of yesterday trying to find numbers for things like my salary in 1992, and how much of my time at ACM was spent on what. Also how to translate Yale's slightly odd approach to course credit (with a very few exceptions, one course=one credit); I settled for giving the numbers straight and writing in an explanation.
Having been businesslike, I went up to midtown, and stopped in at Ben and Jerry's for a free ice cream cone. I took the opportunity to try their "giant chocolate chunk", which is dark chocolate chips in their vanilla. The flavor combination works, but the chips are large enough that pushing the ice cream down into the bottom of a sugar cone is awkward.
I finished my ice cream half a block from the gym, had a good workout, then went back and got another free cone, Cherry Garcia this time, which I finished on the A train.
The lilacs are starting to bloom on 207th Street.
Workout numbers:
Cardio, 33 minutes, top heart rate 156. I had the heart rate at 148 by ten minutes in, and kept it in the range [148-156] until the cooldown.
Assisted chin-up, 5, 3.
Calf machine, 65 pounds, 2 sets of 12; 60 pounds, 15
Bench press, 60 pounds, 12, 9; 55 pounds, 7
Seated leg curl, 95 pounds, 2 sets of 15; 90 pounds, 12
Tricep pulldown, 50 pounds, 15; {50 pounds, 8 reps, followed immediately by 45 pounds, 7}, 45 pounds, 15
Wrist curl, 35 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Adjustable row, 90 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Yoga tree, 4 sets of {2 on each leg}; did some with my hands together and resting a foot on the opposite thigh instead of calf.
Leg press, 260 pounds, 3 sets of 13
Bicep curl, 40 pounds, 2 sets of 15; 35 pounds, 15
(Full) lateral raise, 7.5 pounds each hand, 15; 5 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15
Stretches
While everything except the mat work is up from the previous workout, or is something I hadn't done at all in three weeks or longer, I'm still building back to where I was pre-Minicon.
After the exam, I went down to Chinatown, where I got lunch (the usual sweet ginger duck at the usual place), then went to the post office, where I bought a money order and sent it off, with a variety of forms that constitute a city "education and experience" "exam". In theory, if they agree that I have the necessary background, I will at some future point be offered a job doing computer tech support. The money order was for the filing fee; money orders are the only acceptable form of payment. Preparatory to this, I spent a chunk of yesterday trying to find numbers for things like my salary in 1992, and how much of my time at ACM was spent on what. Also how to translate Yale's slightly odd approach to course credit (with a very few exceptions, one course=one credit); I settled for giving the numbers straight and writing in an explanation.
Having been businesslike, I went up to midtown, and stopped in at Ben and Jerry's for a free ice cream cone. I took the opportunity to try their "giant chocolate chunk", which is dark chocolate chips in their vanilla. The flavor combination works, but the chips are large enough that pushing the ice cream down into the bottom of a sugar cone is awkward.
I finished my ice cream half a block from the gym, had a good workout, then went back and got another free cone, Cherry Garcia this time, which I finished on the A train.
The lilacs are starting to bloom on 207th Street.
Workout numbers:
Cardio, 33 minutes, top heart rate 156. I had the heart rate at 148 by ten minutes in, and kept it in the range [148-156] until the cooldown.
Assisted chin-up, 5, 3.
Calf machine, 65 pounds, 2 sets of 12; 60 pounds, 15
Bench press, 60 pounds, 12, 9; 55 pounds, 7
Seated leg curl, 95 pounds, 2 sets of 15; 90 pounds, 12
Tricep pulldown, 50 pounds, 15; {50 pounds, 8 reps, followed immediately by 45 pounds, 7}, 45 pounds, 15
Wrist curl, 35 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Adjustable row, 90 pounds, 2 sets of 15
Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 3 sets of 17
Yoga tree, 4 sets of {2 on each leg}; did some with my hands together and resting a foot on the opposite thigh instead of calf.
Leg press, 260 pounds, 3 sets of 13
Bicep curl, 40 pounds, 2 sets of 15; 35 pounds, 15
(Full) lateral raise, 7.5 pounds each hand, 15; 5 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15
Stretches
While everything except the mat work is up from the previous workout, or is something I hadn't done at all in three weeks or longer, I'm still building back to where I was pre-Minicon.
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