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This is a catch-up post.
I had a basically quiet day at work, with a pleasant lunch break. Wandering around the grounds after eating my sandwich, I found a second gate down to the street, and went for a walk in the town. There seem to be enough pleasant residential streets nearby to keep me in walks for a bit, on days when I don't actually need to get lunch--it looks as though none of them lead to anything other than houses within the time I have available, except for the route I've already been told about to the King Kullen and related stores. A more varied walk will be good.
One of the odder products the company is offering is a "God Bless America angel visor clip", a pewter tschotchke with that text and a red, white, and blue ribbon. I am boggled by its existence, but that's not my problem. When it turned up in a flyer that's going to Canada, I circled it and wrote a note that said something like "Is this appropriate for Canada?" (Most of the difference between US, Canadian, and British mailings is measurements, prices, and spelling, and I guess someone forgot to check for content as distinct from style. This is part of what they pay me to catch, of course.)
Gym notes: Xpressline thoughts, and numbers
Cardio, 24 minutes. No usable heart-rate data: the device immediately displayed 161, when I'd just started pedaling and knew the correct value would have been 90-95.
Then I went over to the Xpressline, and discovered that the new schedule doesn't include Friday evenings. So I pulled my card out, and walked myself through it. But I took advantage of the relative emptiness of the gym--which is probably why they're no longer doing Xpressline with trainers on Friday evenings--to do two sets on some of the machines. In theory, if I can do that on Xpressline, I need to slow down and/or increase the weights. Something to mention to the trainer next time.
Seated leg press, 300 pounds, 2 sets of 12. (I was pleased with myself to do one set of 12 the previous visit, 4 days earlier.)
Leg extension, 55 pounds, 2 sets of 12.
Leg curl, 90 pounds, 12. (N.B. Different machine, not directly comparable with the non-Xpressline seated leg curl.)
Lat pulldown, 75 pounds, 2 sets of 12.
Overhead press, 30 pounds, 12.
Vertical chest, 45 pounds, 12.
Biceps, 35 pounds, 11.
Triceps, 35 pounds, 2 sets of 12.
Then I did the usual stretches, showered, and got home before it was dark out. I like this time of year.
On the trip home after exercising, someone threw up in the subway car I was sitting in. So I did something I normally don't do, not being 12 anymore: I walked between cars while the train was moving. I did this because I was in the second car, and wanted to tell the train driver as soon as possible that there was a sick passenger. I did so before we stopped at the next station, he thanked me, went on the P.A. and announced we were being held here momentarily, and sent the man he'd been chatting with back to check. He came back and said "Too much to drink" and the train went on to the next station: I'd thought it probably wasn't anything serious, but best to check, and the instructions they keep posting are "tell a TA employee and don't pull the emergency cord."
I had a basically quiet day at work, with a pleasant lunch break. Wandering around the grounds after eating my sandwich, I found a second gate down to the street, and went for a walk in the town. There seem to be enough pleasant residential streets nearby to keep me in walks for a bit, on days when I don't actually need to get lunch--it looks as though none of them lead to anything other than houses within the time I have available, except for the route I've already been told about to the King Kullen and related stores. A more varied walk will be good.
One of the odder products the company is offering is a "God Bless America angel visor clip", a pewter tschotchke with that text and a red, white, and blue ribbon. I am boggled by its existence, but that's not my problem. When it turned up in a flyer that's going to Canada, I circled it and wrote a note that said something like "Is this appropriate for Canada?" (Most of the difference between US, Canadian, and British mailings is measurements, prices, and spelling, and I guess someone forgot to check for content as distinct from style. This is part of what they pay me to catch, of course.)
Gym notes: Xpressline thoughts, and numbers
Cardio, 24 minutes. No usable heart-rate data: the device immediately displayed 161, when I'd just started pedaling and knew the correct value would have been 90-95.
Then I went over to the Xpressline, and discovered that the new schedule doesn't include Friday evenings. So I pulled my card out, and walked myself through it. But I took advantage of the relative emptiness of the gym--which is probably why they're no longer doing Xpressline with trainers on Friday evenings--to do two sets on some of the machines. In theory, if I can do that on Xpressline, I need to slow down and/or increase the weights. Something to mention to the trainer next time.
Seated leg press, 300 pounds, 2 sets of 12. (I was pleased with myself to do one set of 12 the previous visit, 4 days earlier.)
Leg extension, 55 pounds, 2 sets of 12.
Leg curl, 90 pounds, 12. (N.B. Different machine, not directly comparable with the non-Xpressline seated leg curl.)
Lat pulldown, 75 pounds, 2 sets of 12.
Overhead press, 30 pounds, 12.
Vertical chest, 45 pounds, 12.
Biceps, 35 pounds, 11.
Triceps, 35 pounds, 2 sets of 12.
Then I did the usual stretches, showered, and got home before it was dark out. I like this time of year.
On the trip home after exercising, someone threw up in the subway car I was sitting in. So I did something I normally don't do, not being 12 anymore: I walked between cars while the train was moving. I did this because I was in the second car, and wanted to tell the train driver as soon as possible that there was a sick passenger. I did so before we stopped at the next station, he thanked me, went on the P.A. and announced we were being held here momentarily, and sent the man he'd been chatting with back to check. He came back and said "Too much to drink" and the train went on to the next station: I'd thought it probably wasn't anything serious, but best to check, and the instructions they keep posting are "tell a TA employee and don't pull the emergency cord."
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When I was 12 and riding the 7 home from school every day, a friend and I used to ride between the cars: just stand there and enjoy the fresh air and hang out. I know better now: but the 7 is still one of the lines I know well enough to feel safe walking between cars on, because I know when the track curves and thus when it's relatively safe. (My balance was also better when I was 12.)
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To get home from midtown, usually take a northbound 4 train, getting on at Grand Central or Union Square. If it's anywhere near rush hour, the train is crowded, but less crowded at the far ends than at the middle. For some reason, more people sit in the northernmost car than the southernmost, so I usually head for the southern end of the train. However, once I get to Woodlawn, I want to be at the northern end of the train, because that's where the only exit from the station is located. So I often walk the length of the train somewhere between Burnside and Woodlawn.
I don't do it as much as I used to, because the new model of train cars actually make it harder to open the doors from outside the car--it takes both hands, which is really stupid. (It only takes one hand to open them from inside.) So these days I mostly just sit in the back of the train and walk the length of the platform instead.