It’s Wednesday again. My how the weeks roll by. I was a bit restless last night. I think more to do with the anxiety post the attacks in France. The brutality of such mindless killing is really tormenting me. Also, I’m still suffering low-grade pain in my neck and not sleeping that well. I made it down for the Wednesday swim at Manly with the Balmoral group for the first time in many weeks. It was a sunny, calm morning but swimming with a snorkel and flippers seems strangely odd. Still, I’m grateful. It’s better than not swimming at all.
As I’m starting the second half of rehab, I decided I’d do something a bit different today and concentrate mainly on the leg press machine. Warmed up on the bike as usual.
Bike
Resistance level 9 x 5 mins………………………100rpm x 5
Resistance level 10 x 10 mins………………………100rpm x 5
Resistance level 11 x 5 mins………………………100rpm x 5
Resistance level 12 x 5 mins……………………….100rpm x 1
Leg press
I did two circuits on the leg press machine.
First circuit. Second circuit
50 x 60kgs 20 x 60kgs
30 x 70kgs 20 x 70kgs
20 x 80kgs 10 x 80kgs
I was particularly pleased that I can do 80 kg pretty easily now. I bumped into Belinda in the gym. She was with another client but I told her briefly that I’d managed 80 kg on the weekend. Should I push on and try some heavier weights. She said “no” quite emphatically. I might have to work on her a bit. I’d like to have a shot at 100kgs.
Seen in the Virgin gym in Pitt St drying his hair. So that’s why they have hair dryers in the men’s change room. He was wearing blue suede shoes which was pretty avant-garde
When I got into the change room, after the workout, I noticed the hairdryer scrum in full blast, with blokes teasing and fluffing up their hair while studiously contemplating themselves in the mirror. Hair is a very serious business with some people it seems. There was one guy there who looked vaguely familiar. He had an extravagant pompadour. I guess I can’t begrudge him using the hairdryers. Wish I could remember where I had seen him before. Wish I had a pompadour like him! Actually a pompadour of any description would do.
Finished the last episode of The Following, this evening. What a marathon that was. It was crap. Won’t be backing up for season two. What was Kevin Bacon thinking?
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