A second visit to the gym this week. That is good. Tonight the entire family came. Beetle and Fritz went to the Child Watch program as Gert joined me in the gym. The treadmill and Precor were hardly on before we were informed Fritz needed a diaper change. Gert stepped up on this. The problem, of course, was that we did not bring a diaper bag. Sigh . . . Gert took the boy home, changed him, and returned.

My workout began with two miles on the treadmill. I kept a 15-minute mile pace for most of the time as well as a 10% incline. I jacked the incline up to 14% and the speed to slightly under an 11-minute mile for a bit, then I backed down. I was in full run during that time. Sheesh . . . when I ran cross country, those would have been horrible. Yet today, I felt pretty good about it. That's what being an old man is all about, I suppose. I ended with a .25 mile warm down lap.

After the treadmill, I went to the weight machines. I'll have to learn the names of these things. I began with legs. I went on the spread eagle machine where I had to bring my knees together. I did 10 reps at 70, 80, 90, and 100 pounds. Then I went to the sister machine where I had to spread my legs apart to move the weight. This was more difficult. I did 10 reps of the same weight. After that I went to the leg push. This machine is backwards of what one would think. One pushes the platform from a seated position. The platform does not move, the seat does. I forget the weight I used here. My legs were burning, however.

After the legs, I revisited the ab machines I did the other day. I did not do the crunch as someone was on that. I did the backward thrust thing. Again, 10 reps at three different weights. Then I went to the spinning machine that has to be adjusted for each side. I was hurting by this time. Fortunately for me, my hour was up at the end of this.

I am sore already and tired. Tomorrow is an off day as we have an event to attend. I think I will need it. :)

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