Exercise details!
Mar. 23rd, 2011 11:14 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsHuzzah! 32 GMs, 7 CVs, 8 Myotatic crunches, and 4x4 get-ups.
Unfortunately, I was forced (forced!) to have a lot of carbs for dinner. Kouryou-chan cooked Tuna Noodle Casserole, and I just couldn't turn her down. Still, managed to keep the portion size under control and eschewed dessert. (That last part isn't easy; Kouryou-chan and I made chocolate chip cookies this weekend.)
I still want to get back to where I was before I was laid off at Isilon. It was about six months before the layoffs that I discovered the truth about gyms: the good stuff is tucked away into the corners and never gets pimped by the staff, in much the same way that meat and vegetables are tucked off to the sides of the grocery store and never go on sale. The elliptical machines, Natilus gear and all their clones, the treadmills, and so forth don't do crap. Six months after ditching the various machines for free weights, I had the most amazing shoulders, my abs tucked in well, my knees were stabilized.
Then cames the layoffs. I sat on my lazy ass for almost a year, then got a job and started bicycling again. (Here's the thing: I had plenty of time to ride while I was laid off. I didn't because I was too freakin' neurotic about what will I do to feed my family, that I was effectively a basket case for too many hours of the day.) Then I had the bicycle crash that broke my ankle, which effectively put me out of any exercise program for two months. I never got back into it.
I'm trying now. Finding time is hard, because I have two girls in the 'tween and teen range, a wife who's physically handicapped but politically charged, and a more-than-full-time career with a startup, but I've been giving up an hour where I'd normally surf or play video games. Bioshock has my attention, but it's almost over. And the girls find it giggly when I work out; Storm wants better abs, so she's joining in for the crunches. (Disappearing into a mancave for hours on end when Portal 2 comes out will be another story.)
Unfortunately, I was forced (forced!) to have a lot of carbs for dinner. Kouryou-chan cooked Tuna Noodle Casserole, and I just couldn't turn her down. Still, managed to keep the portion size under control and eschewed dessert. (That last part isn't easy; Kouryou-chan and I made chocolate chip cookies this weekend.)
I still want to get back to where I was before I was laid off at Isilon. It was about six months before the layoffs that I discovered the truth about gyms: the good stuff is tucked away into the corners and never gets pimped by the staff, in much the same way that meat and vegetables are tucked off to the sides of the grocery store and never go on sale. The elliptical machines, Natilus gear and all their clones, the treadmills, and so forth don't do crap. Six months after ditching the various machines for free weights, I had the most amazing shoulders, my abs tucked in well, my knees were stabilized.
Then cames the layoffs. I sat on my lazy ass for almost a year, then got a job and started bicycling again. (Here's the thing: I had plenty of time to ride while I was laid off. I didn't because I was too freakin' neurotic about what will I do to feed my family, that I was effectively a basket case for too many hours of the day.) Then I had the bicycle crash that broke my ankle, which effectively put me out of any exercise program for two months. I never got back into it.
I'm trying now. Finding time is hard, because I have two girls in the 'tween and teen range, a wife who's physically handicapped but politically charged, and a more-than-full-time career with a startup, but I've been giving up an hour where I'd normally surf or play video games. Bioshock has my attention, but it's almost over. And the girls find it giggly when I work out; Storm wants better abs, so she's joining in for the crunches. (Disappearing into a mancave for hours on end when Portal 2 comes out will be another story.)
