Yesterday we went back to the gym. Little Monkey and Big Monkey both came along. I started with walking on the treadmill again but was only planning to walk 35 minutes so that Big Monkey could show me how to use some of the machines. I have no idea how far I walked because as I went to hit the cool down button, I accidentally hit stop. And then I forgot to check out my time and distance which were covered with my towel. After my cool down, I went and used a couple of machines. I did bicep curls, leg press and leg extensions. I was not able to lift very much weight on any of those machines but it was a start. I’m thinking I should take a little notebook so that I can track what machines I use, with what weights so that I can track progress.
Little Monkey and I went back to the gym this morning. Big Monkey was supposed to be there with the on duty guys, but they actually showed up just as we were leaving. Little Monkey at least got to say hi to Big Monkey so he was happy about that. I walked again on the treadmill for 29 minutes for a total of 1.79 miles. It was very hard to walk today because my Ipod was stuck thinking that it was still plugged into my car, so it wouldn’t work. It helps to be able to zone out listening to the music a little. Oh well, I watched Who Wants to be a Millionaire? instead. Not too exciting though. I also did a couple of machines today. The leg extension, leg press, abdominal, and hip abduction. That went okay I guess, but of course, not that much weight was being used. I’ll get better the more I do it I’m sure.
Going to the gym has been nice because it does get us up and out of the house with a good start to our day. Since they only have childcare first thing in the mornings, that is when we have to go, unless Big Monkey is around to stay home with Little Monkey. I was actually not to happy that I didn’t end up going to the gym on either Saturday or Sunday but oh well, these things happen! We’ll probably be back at the gym on Thursday morning.
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