Gym trip

[redbird]

It's cold, but sitting home isn't good for me, so I went to the gym this morning, bundling up and leaving the house with cattitude. After working out, I missed my stop on the N train to Chinatown, which meant riding back from Atlantic Avenue, but it's a sunny day, so the view from the Manhattan Bridge was nice. That was because of general distractability; when I made it back to Manhattan, I went to the usual place, had the usual thing, and came straight home.

I rearranged the workout a little, mostly for the sake of novelty. The odd bit was doing my stretches at the end, then deciding that I really did want to do squats now that there was space on the mat next to the railing, so doing that and then repeating two of my stretches.

I've got a bit of freelance work, and a possible temporary copyediting assignment. The agency called to ask if I was interested while I was getting dressed at the gym; I said yes, and they'll send my resume to the company that needs the copyeditor. If that doesn't produce a very fast yes, I'll send email about more work from the people I've been doing the wiki editing for.

Cardio, 20 minutes, top heart rate 150
Chest press, 70 pounds, 12, 8
Leg press, 260 pounds, 3 sets of 13. First weight increase on that in a while; I'm pleased, though it's still a long way back to 300.
Adjustable row, 70 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Calf raise, 80 pounds, 2 sets of 12; 75 pounds, 12
Balance ~fly, 65 pounds, 15 with each foot forward; 55 pounds, 15 each
Glute machine, 37.5 pounds, 2 sets of 15 on each side
Bicep curls, 10 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 20; 7.5 pounds left and 10 right, 20 (to go easy on left elbow)

Back arch with physio ball (55 cm), 3 sets of 15
Tree, 4 sets of {3 on each leg}
Balance lateral raise, 5 pounds each hand, 2 sets of 15; 2.5 pounds each, 15

Stretches

Squats, with rail (deeper), 2 sets of 15
[Tricep pulldown, 45 pounds, 3--left tricep not happy. That bit of muscle has been iffy for a couple of weeks.]

Repeat of hamstring and hip/gluteal stretches