So, this spring has started with some challenges. We had a nice 29’th anniversary dinner at an Indian restaurant. The day before and the day after…kind of rough.
That is one thing about aging. If B were in her 50’s or 60’s, I would not be worried. And the saying “this too shall pass” becomes “this too, is likely to pass” and then “this too, might pass.” Enough said.
Me: I am doing ok.
I had lazy workouts: weights and a short (2 mile) 17:45 mpm paced walk yesterday, and 4 miles today (15:47 pace; 3 laps of my longish “around the arena” to Moss loop, averaging about 21:30 per lap; 1 minute per lap slower than I’d like (1.35-1.40 each). It was 32 F (0 C) and we had some light snow last night.
Yesterday weights:
pull ups: 9 sets of 5, one of 7, mixing the grips up: regular, narrow, chin up, mixed.
Bench: kind of pathetic: 5 x 134, 3 x 154, 1 x 165, BAD miss at 180, 2 x 165, 4 x 160, 3 x 160, 5 x 155, 5 x 155
trap bar dead (4 inch) 10 x 134, 10 x 184, 10 x 224, 10 x 244
high incline: 10 x 94, 5 x 105, 5 x 105
curls: 3 sets of 10.
This all took a long time.
Knee pain: none at night for the last several nights. No ice, no “happy pills” (tramadol). But I have been faithful with my hamstring stretches and quad stretches with a yoga belt. I really believe that these are helping. I might try to bring back stationary cycling at some point.
Life of an old goat 