I took yesterday off and did a bunch of chores, actually fell asleep on the sofa with the dogs and made up my sleep deficit. But of course, this meant that I wasn't really sleepy when I went to bed later. Bummer. Just can't win the sleep battle.
All us gym rats know that exercise is good for us so it's amusing and validating to read research articles stating that exercise is not only good for your body but your brain as well. Well, duh. You know blood flow and oxygen and all that... but yesterday, I read an article suggesting that weight lifting actually helps to mitigate Alzheimer's. Click here to read the article.
This, of course, gives me greater incentive to push some weights today. This will also be the third day this week that I've made it to the gym, which is challenging cuz it's so easy to find other things to do instead. I'm tired and made adjustments to my routine by cutting 10 minute off the cardio program, but compensated by doing Intervals. Because that's not something I do regularly, I find it much more difficult that the standard three programs on the Precor elliptical.
I get a set of pull-ups and I'm slightly disappointed. Better than 15 but not 20 like last week. The half pull-up means I pushed and couldn't quite do the complete rep. Some days I have a series of half reps, but not today. There's a handful of people in the free weight area. I search for the two Nautilus benches. One is in use and the other one is in a bench cage. There are other adjustable benches and I try to adjust one to a shallower inclined angle but it's stuck in the 90 degree position, bolt upright and totally unusable for me. Ugh. I'm about to head over to the bench cage several yards away when the fellow on the bench close to the DB rack exits the area. Yaaay! I glom onto it like wet paint.
You can always tell newbies in the free weight area: they're the ones doing their thing literally right in front of the weight rack. Okay, even some seasoned folks are that inconsiderate, but they're just lazy butt holes. Most of us know to step back a few feet so as not to block access to the rest of the racks. There's a new face in the gym today and she seems unsure as to what she's doing and where she should be doing it. Hopefully she'll figure it out, or come at a different time in the day. Because half the time she's in my way.
I escaped to the Aerobics Room once I finished my sets. It wasn't empty which surprised me. It's pleasantly warm outside and was only moist in the early morning (when I was at the dog park with my puppers). Even though I'm tired, I was still able to complete the entire routine including Walking Lunges and ending with a quick Wall Sit. That only lasted 90 seconds, but that was quite enough.
4 April 2025 12:24-2:16
Friday — Cardio and then some
66°F!!
Precor elliptical #1
Program Intervals
Time: 20 + 5 (3354)
Distance: 1.90
Cal: 198
Avg Hr: 138, 200-87
New FB: 40-126
HGPU 18.5
Incl DB Press s/s Lateral Raises s/s Rev Incline Flys
10 lbs x 25/15/25
15 lbs x 25/15/25
20/15/20 x 26/15/26 reps x 3 sets
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 30 x 2
Bird Dog Planks 60s x 2
Push-Ups 30
Arm rotations 20
Air Squats 25
Neck stretch / Eye yoga
Walking Lunges 21/21
Wall Squat 90 sec
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