Monday the 13th

I got a text this morning from a dog park compadre, warning me that the parks department had suddenly decided to do some spring maintenance starting at 8:30 this morning and lasting until noon. That's rather sudden! I scramble to get my dogs to the park at 7:30 so they'll have plenty of time to do their running, barking, digging, sniffing, peeing and of course, pooping. We're out of the park by 8:15. But I still get to the gym later than I'd like.

There's two people already pedaling on the ellipticals. And unfortunately, after I climb on and wipe the machine with a disinfectant cloth, I find that both elliptical #3 and #4 are non-functional. You can pedal them, but they're unable to activate any programs: the dashboard is useless and there's no way to adjust for elevation or resistance. Ugh. I do what no one else does at this gym: go to the front desk and tell the staff that these machines need to be fixed. Or at least given a hard reboot.

I could get on the Life Fitness Cross-Trainer, which tends to make my feet go numb. I decide to pedal the Octane instead because it's been a few. Months. Maybe years. After 23 minutes, I'm barely warmed up though. I doubt if an additional 12 minutes (to equal my standard 35-minute session) would've made much difference. I'm lucky I managed to squeeze out a dozen reps at pull-ups. Not only am I not warmed up, I feel tired and heavy. Still, I'm able to knock out all my reps for Seated Cable Rows. But I don't feel at all excited or energized. I just feel crushed.

Actually, what I feel is depressed. Lethargic, heavy, weighted. No doubt it's me trying to adjust to having to "police" the husband's drinking (emptied and discarded multiple half bottles of Tito's vodka squirreled away in his desk drawer) and preparing to spend the summer months with my kid back from college. He'll have to be coerced into learning to drive, which means I'll be taxiing him to appointments and maybe even a summer job. That's one of the reasons I haven't looked into any summer classes... 

Since we'll be driving to Buffalo and back mid-week, I probably won't get to the gym again until maybe Friday. And that depends on when I can pick my dogs up from the pet boarding/grooming facility. I've scheduled baths for both of them; I'm sure they'll be thrilled. Not. 

The Aerobics Room is warm and clammy. Seniors don't like the chill, I guess. I do my routine and get my 120 seconds in for Wall Squats. It's been a few days since I took a BP reading so I'll have to remember to do that today. I toy with the idea of doing the Step machine for 10 minutes, but the gym is surprisingly crowded when I exit the Aerobics room. School is out and HS kids are everywhere. I'm sure it'll be worse this summer. Maybe I should rethink my timing and start coming earlier in the morning?

(Oddly, I can no longer import images, but I can drag them from my desktop into this blog before it's published... I'm sure that'll change. My hubs calls these obstacles NPCs Non-Player Characters from gaming scenarios.)

13 May 2024 11:59-1:32

Blah Sunny Monday

Octane LX8000

Program Manual 1 / 3 width

Strides: 2840

Time: 20+3,

Distance: 1.43

Floors; 44

Cal: 150

Avg Hr: n/a

Fitbit: 50-126

(Barely warmed up)

HGPU 12 (feeling fat & weak)

Seated Cable Rows

50 lbs x 15

60 x 15

70 x 15, 15, 15

20 Hip Bridges

Piriformis/Hip/Pencil Stretch

DeadBugs 20 x 5

10 Hip Bridges & 10 one-leg

Quick Child’s Pose

Cat stretch 12

Child’s Pose / Cobra Pose

Fire Hydrants 20 x 2

Bird Dog Planks 60s x 2

Push-Ups 25

Air Squats 25 (knees)

Arm rotations 20

Neck stretch / Eye yoga

Wall Squat 120s !!!