Workout

[redbird]

This time, I got to the gym a little earlier (I left work at 5:30 instead of six, by arriving slightly early and taking a shorter lunch), planning to take as long as the workout wanted. I was surprised to be done by 7:15, but am basically satisfied.

Cardio, 20 minutes plus one minute cooldown, top heart rate 147
Chest press, 70 pounds, 12, 6; 65 pounds, 3
Leg press, 250 pounds, 3 sets of 14
Seated calf raise, 80 pounds, 13, 11; 75 pounds, 11. According to one of the trainers, this doesn't work the actual calf muscle, but one slightly lower in the leg. He said that yes, it would help with long walks (as I mentioned it has for me), but that the machine next to it that he had someone using worked both muscles. I may try that next time; I wasn't going to add it to the three sets of this I'd already done by then.

Balance ~fly, 55 pounds, 2 sets of 15 with each leg forward

Crunches, 3 sets of 30
Back arches, 3 sets of 17 [Lower back not happy during all this, but I suspect it's at least partly a premenstrual thing]
Tree, 4 sets of {3 on each leg}

Bicep curls, 12.5 pounds, 20, 17
Balance lateral raise, 5 pounds each hand, 15; 2.5 each, 15
Tricep pulldown, 40 pounds, 15

Stretches