dreamed little chris and somebody else and I were at a hotel party and we went outside for something - when we came back the hotel security were all up in our shit until we broke out the real estate and packed some bowls

Feeling irrationally anxious and not much I can do about it, so I popped in the gym for 3 sets on my machine circuit before lunch: Session 58: leg curls: 20x 50# easy leg press: 20x 210# medium overhead press: 15-20x 30# hard1 arm curls: 15-20x 30# v.hard ab crunch: 12-15x 90# moderate2 arm extension: 20x 30# easy3 chest press: 16-20x 50# moderate 1. On the 3rd set on overhead press, I ran into that nasty sensation of something twanging or grinding in my right shoulder. I think I've figured o... (...more)

missed noon coffee tiem, late lunch held me back

session 57: 3.3mi / 43 minutes

One of these days I'll get around to making Phosphoros's post dates adjustable. Here's one where it would be handy to move to last night (Sunday Jan 22, ~8PM) Session #56 - 3x through the machine circuit, focusing on endurance, ergo mostly weight settings a notch or two lower than usual. I'm not interested in building bulge-y vein-y muscle mass - that's just grotesque. Yet what I've been doing - 6-12 reps at weights where 6-12 is all you can do - is exactly what conventional training wisdom says buil... (...more)

(per Twitter) Session #55: 3.3mi / 40m35s. 1/2 lap at 8.0mph, 1mi at 6.0 I fell asleep earlyish without internets, but this bed is a bit too hard, and the window-rattler A.C. is really loud, so I find myself waking a lot to roll over. I woke for good before 8. I started the day as usual with a cup of instant coffee to wash down omega-3s and vitamins, and then my standard combo of 2 El Monterey bean-and-cheese burritos and a Jose Ole breakfast burrito. I had given the gym a miss entirely yesterday, be... (...more)