Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

In the course of today's workout, one of the trainers said something like "I see you here a lot, what's your name?" She told me hers is Liliana, and we talked a bit about my workout. She said something about squats, and I mentioned never having done them and asked her what they do (gluteus and abs) and to show me how to do it. Mostly, I found myself using my quadriceps (great big muscles in the front of the thighs: mine get lots of work and hence are all ready to take on a new task rather than leave it to less-exercised muscles) instead. She also showed me some stretches; I told her I'll probably ask for a refresher on all this next week.

There's stuff I do now that works those muscles; from my viewpoint, the advantage of squats is that at the basic level, they need no equipment, so I can do them at home (and while staying with out-of-town friends), as well as at the gym. The same is true of the crunches and yoga "tree", though I don't actually do so very often.

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