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Remember the hot dude with the tats and piercings who wanted to be nice to Ripley despite her DO NOT WANT? I ran into him tonight at the grocery store. Sans girlfriend. While I was sweaty and spoody from fitness class. Ah, Monday. This is why everyone knows you're just a "Fuck you" kind of day.
Speaking of class, it was hard. Really hard. I normally love and do well with the resistance bands, but tonight's circuits had me breathing hard (something that's not typical for strength exercises for me) and other people grunting and groaning. We had two circuits, each with 30 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest. A minute rest between each circuit. Each one repeated twice.
FIRST CIRCUIT
* Overhead presses
* Biceps curls
* Chest presses
* Rowing (with band doubled under one foot and pulling up at a diagonal)
SECOND CIRCUIT
* Squats with band under feet and being held chest high
* Right foot forward lunges with band under forward foot and held chest high
* Left foot forward lunges with band under forward foot and held chest high
* High lifts (like pulling up until elbows are pointed up toward the ceiling)
After this, we all thought we were done. But no. No, we weren't. Then it was time for the plank circuit: forward, right side, back, left side. Same times as the band circuits, also repeated two times. He didn't tell us about the repeating until we'd finished the first, and at that point, a woman across the room said, loudly, "Well, *screw* me." Heh. Everyone laughed.
So yeah. My upper body is going to be a bit miserable tomorrow.
However, there were good things of the day. I finished and sent off my state taxes. Yay! I also consumed about 80 ounces of water. My water intake tends to be a bit lacking, so I'm working on staying more fully hydrated throughout the day. I went grocery shopping and hit major sales, so I saved close to $30 on my order. And the freezer is now full. Woo! The post-class energy also resulted in getting caught up on dishes, cleaning the toaster and the counters, cleaning out the fridge, and taking out the trash.
I have the feeling I'm going to sleep deeply and well tonight.
Speaking of class, it was hard. Really hard. I normally love and do well with the resistance bands, but tonight's circuits had me breathing hard (something that's not typical for strength exercises for me) and other people grunting and groaning. We had two circuits, each with 30 seconds of work and 10 seconds of rest. A minute rest between each circuit. Each one repeated twice.
FIRST CIRCUIT
* Overhead presses
* Biceps curls
* Chest presses
* Rowing (with band doubled under one foot and pulling up at a diagonal)
SECOND CIRCUIT
* Squats with band under feet and being held chest high
* Right foot forward lunges with band under forward foot and held chest high
* Left foot forward lunges with band under forward foot and held chest high
* High lifts (like pulling up until elbows are pointed up toward the ceiling)
After this, we all thought we were done. But no. No, we weren't. Then it was time for the plank circuit: forward, right side, back, left side. Same times as the band circuits, also repeated two times. He didn't tell us about the repeating until we'd finished the first, and at that point, a woman across the room said, loudly, "Well, *screw* me." Heh. Everyone laughed.
So yeah. My upper body is going to be a bit miserable tomorrow.
However, there were good things of the day. I finished and sent off my state taxes. Yay! I also consumed about 80 ounces of water. My water intake tends to be a bit lacking, so I'm working on staying more fully hydrated throughout the day. I went grocery shopping and hit major sales, so I saved close to $30 on my order. And the freezer is now full. Woo! The post-class energy also resulted in getting caught up on dishes, cleaning the toaster and the counters, cleaning out the fridge, and taking out the trash.
I have the feeling I'm going to sleep deeply and well tonight.