Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Early Spring Means Empty Gym

The little peeper frogs have been singing full blast for the past several nights. It's a definite harbinger of warmer weather. I've also seen robins running across the grounds and perched in trees that have yet to bud out their leaves. It's warm enough that the back doors to the gym are wide open for additional air flow, and the gym has barely a dozen people in it. I get to choose elliptical #1 and just manage to log 2.8. It's a regular day, so I'm doing the full cardio routine: three cardio sessions and three sets of pull-ups.

I'm so tired by the last cardio set that I can't make it to rep 17. I'm just happy to have made it past a dozen. I know that if I had held back on the cross-trainer I'd have more energy for pull-ups. I was just too tired to fight for two more reps. I really need to go to sleep earlier and log in more than a bare 6 hours. But even on days I get to the dog park late, it's hard for me to sleep more than 6 hours. Until I can't take it anymore and crash on the sofa with dogs on either side...

By the time I get to the Aerobics Room, I'm really tired and the room is refreshingly cool. The Senior Class has been gone for a few hours. And when I get to push-ups, I struggle getting to 25 without feeling my back wibble. To me that's kind of shocking, although intellectually, it shouldn't be. Do 35 minutes of cardio and a set of pull-ups, and everything afterward is cake. Part of me wants to see if I could make it to 50 push-ups and some point I'll probably give that a go. Preferably after a few days off.

Here's a short flick of peepers in case they're not endemic to your locale.


19 March 2025 12:19-2:18
Wednesday — All Cardio
Spring Cardio

Precor elliptical #1
Program 3
Time: 30 + 5 (5474)
Distance: 2.80
Cal: 309
Avg Hr: 148, 190-75
New FB: 56-139 no sleep data

HGPU 18

Matrix StairMaster (R) 
Manual timer 8+2 cool down
Minimum 5 minutes
Speed 5 (50-45) / 2 (33) / 1 (29)
Steps 431
Floors 26
Cal 65
Hr 125

HGPU 17.5

Life Fitness X-Trainer #3 
Program Manual L1
Time: 12 (+3 min cool down) = 15
Distance: 1.42
Cal: 116
Avg Hr: 119-124

HGPU 15 (tired from x-trainer!)

20 Hip Bridges 
Piriformis/Hip/Pencil Stretch
DeadBugs 20 x 5
Piriformis stretches
Child’s Pose
Cat/Cow stretch 12
Child’s Pose
Fire Hydrants 25 x 2
Bird Dog Planks 60s x 2
Push-Ups 25
Arm rotations 20
Air Squats 25
Neck stretch / Eye yoga


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