Curing What Ails You

I took yesterday off and sorted through a few big piles of paper in my house. I'm still not even close to being done. The leg is better but not cured. And not working out for three days in a row makes it harder to even think about going to the gym. But I go. And when I get there, I feel depressed. Not because I'm at the gym, but just in general. People dying everywhere. People I know, famous people, and people, kids, I don't know. There's been another teen suicide on the train tracks. It makes my heart hurt for his mother. People killing each other all over the world. The sun is shining, it's warm for February and I feel numb and hollow inside. That my leg is uncomfortable most of the time doesn't help. I cut back time on the Cross-trainer to just 15 minutes because that's where my toes go numb. I cut out the lunge stretches, and when I do my first set of hammer grip pull ups, I feel weak and sickly. It's probably because I'm not really warmed up yet.

I try not to limp when I walk, but the ache in my heel, calf and butt, although not severe, is chronic and wears at you, like a small animal gnawing on your tendons from the inside. I do push ups and planks, crunches and then wander over to the Smith machine for bench presses. I'm leery of pushing too hard because not only do I tend to slide across the bench (my tanks are too slippery), but I can feel the hamstring threatening to cramp. It's hard to concentrate on benching if you can't plant your feet and make your core solid. But I'm okay with the reps and weight I get today. I muscle through the DB Laterals superset with Reverse Incline Flyes. It makes me feel better. The 50 lb solid BB is in use, as is the EZ bar. No Drag Curls today. When I'm finished with 30 minutes on the elliptical, I feel good. Good enough to do most of a Mat Stretch, splits and all.

Tomorrow I'll whack the machine. That always makes me feel good.

Tuesday Workout
(4.52 miles cardio; 16,029 lbs moved)

Cross Trainer

Steady State

Calorie :   65 CAL
Distance: 1.86 mile
Speed :    7.4 mph
Duration : 00:15:07

Hammer Grip Pull Up

190.4

Set 1 : 112x21

Wide Hand Pushup

50

Set 1 : 50 Lap/Rep

Plank

Elbow/Straight

Set 1 : 00:00:30
Set 2 : 00:00:30
Set 3 : 00:00:30
Set 4 : 00:00:30

Wide Hand Pushup

100

Set 1 : 100 Lap/Rep

Crunches

50

Set 1 : 50 Lap/Rep
Set 2 : 50 Lap/Rep
Set 3 : 50 Lap/Rep

SidePlank

Elbow/Straight

Set 1 : 00:00:30
Set 2 : 00:00:30
Set 3 : 00:00:30
Set 4 : 00:00:30

Smith Machine Bench Press

152

Set 1 : 30x15
Set 2 : 80x12
Set 3 : 100x10
Set 4 : 120x8
Set 5 : 80x25

Dumbbell Lateral Raise

35

Set 1 : 20x12
Set 2 : 20x12
Set 3 : 20x12
Set 4 : 25x12 Yay!
Set 5 : 25x12
Set 6 : 25x12 SuperSet with

Dumbbell Reverse Flyes

37.5

Set 1 : 20x15
Set 2 : 20x15
Set 3 : 20x15
Set 4 : 25x15
Set 5 : 25x15
Set 6 : 25x15

Hammer Grip Pull Up

188.7

Set 1 : 111x21

Elliptical Training

Pgrm#3

Calorie :   294 CAL
Distance: 2.59 mile
Duration : 00:30:00

Hammer Grip Pull Up

188.7

Set 1 : 111x21