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| No phone holder! |
Then I notice that the phone holder is missing. It's a solid piece of plastic add-on that saddles over a bar on the Precor; one side holds the phone and other is a cup holder. That cradle is missing the bottom, so an additional add-on cup is wedged into the grip and fits most commercial water bottles. It fits mine just fine. I wind up putting my phone on the slim shelf on the monitor face of the Precor. There are two and the phone is tall enough to obscure either the time elapsed or the number of revolutions. The latter can toggle with total number of steps and "miles" conquered.
The only problem with exercising at the gym on a Saturday is that by mid-afternoon, the "cleaning lady" tends to come around mopping, sweeping, and wiping down all the equipment even as we are using it. So I'm on the Stair Master and she's wiping the base and railings with some ammonia-scented disinfectant, which I'm sure isn't great for anyone's lungs much less someone breathing hard from exertion. That's my only complaint about Saturday. I'm glad someone's cleaning with disinfectant, just not while we're all exercising.
In the Aerobics Room, there's a guy teaching his kid (maybe HS?) to punch into his padded hands in one corner. Luckily the room is big enough for several groups of folks to do their own things. I've given up on Hip Bridges but try a different variation of neural flossing: lay on the mat, one foot flat on the floor with knee bent, the afflicted leg with knee pulled close to the chest with both hands behind the knee, then straighten the leg and flex the foot. I can feel a weird ache in the back of the thigh, which oddly, is the only part of the leg that doesn't hurt with this iteration of sciatica. After several reps, my calf and foot have less pain and numbness. Awesome! I refrain from doing more than one set of push-ups though. It's already late and it'll be almost dark by the time I leave.
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| from Doctors of Osteo website |
Well, at least I know what's causing the sciatic pain. Hoping that an orthopedist can suggest better exercises, but maybe that's not their job. Maybe I'll have to go to PT (physical therapy). Ugh. I'll be seeing my GP next week to check my BP and cholesterol, which will probably be too high for the mere fact that I haven't been filtering my coffee. The fancy coffee maker makes a mean cappuccino and the long espresso is pretty good too...the cafestol and kahweol (diterpenes that raise cholesterol) can be removed with a simple paper filter. I use one with a pour over cup of freshly ground beans, but it's so much easier to push a button and stick your mug under the spout and have the super expensive machine grind beans and press out espresso. I don't really want to filter my espresso, but I probably should...
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