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October 25, 2005
Nor'easter
When I saw today's weather I immediately decided that it was a gym day. Not so much because of the rain (we've had so much, it's barely noticeable now), but because of the wind. The gusts are incredibly strong, making an umbrella pretty much useless, as I discovered while waiting for the T today. Yuck. So I decided to make today my elliptical day rather than Thursday as I usually do.
The workout itself was pretty uneventful. I just did 30 minutes on one of the "cross training" sessions--I would have liked to do more, but we're only supposed to use a cardio machine for 30 minutes at a time. I would have done more anyway, but it was pretty crowded at that time of day (around noon) and the ellipticals were in high demand. I like these particular machines because there's a little diagram on the panel that shows which muscles I'm targeting at any given time. This will be helpful for me in the future since I'm trying to work on strengthening my hamstrings, so now I know which incline setting will get at that.
Then I did my stretching routine and a LOT of core strengthening stuff. I've been doing my crunches pretty faithfully, but had gotten away from my back extensions and my physical therapy exercises. So I attacked those, with a new resolve to be more consistent about doing them. I'm convinced that these exercises really will help with injury prevention, especially in my hips--but, of course, this is only if I do them regularly. Funny how that works.
Posted by Megan at October 25, 2005 09:09 PM