Born Again Gym Rat: 15 min Step Mill

Thursday, May 12, 2016

That'll Do

I got the 2nd pair of gloves in the mail last week. Direct from China. Which is always worrisome. I opened the bag and the gloves smell of vinyl. But the smell grows stronger until my entire hallway stinks. I try airing them out and resort to hanging them outside. After a good rainstorm and blazing sun, they still stink. Jeeze. And for bike gloves, they're not horribly padded either. Bummer.

I skipped the gym yesterday and transplanted some seedlings, laid down newspaper around the raised bed which has yet to fully prepped for zucchini and peas. I'm trying a lone strawberry plant, and a blueberry bush in pots that can be moved to follow the sun in my yard. And moved to keep them off the deer menu. A mourning dove I've been watching outside my kitchen window suddenly showed us the half grown nestling under it's wing. It's a hungry little thing. Today it left the nest and was perched a few feet away in the hedges while a catbird tried to pull twigs from the shallow pigeon nest. The catbirds are building a sturdier abode in a deeper part of the hedges.

Today I did my routine 10 minute warm up on the elliptical, then 15 rounds of kickboxing, followed by 15 minutes on the Step Mill. And finally, a set of pull ups. Done! Tomorrow I plan to do everything: cardio, bench, deadlift, row, and maybe some of the accessory work too. Yes, I'm feeling very ambitious, knowing that tomorrow is Friday the 13th.

Thursday Workout