<p>Mixture of Olympic Lifts today… Deadlifts, Front Squats, Clean&Jerk, etc. </p>
<p>Finished with 12 minutes MIX3 on the elliptical…</p>
<p>What is the green stuff? I don’t get it. Should I be offended?!</p>
<p>Those boxes under your name which are your “approval rating”.</p>
<p>Yay!! Welcome back, CJane! I too was worried about you since you sort of disappeared from the thread. Good to hear you are allright. :)</p>
<p>My stomach is on the mend, I think. Fingers crossed that I can keep down today’s lunch. Unfortunately, my streak came to a screeching halt because of the bug.</p>
<p>Like hear how do you do your rest day. Do you pick one day a week to do nothing? </p>
<p>Keeping reading about how important these resting days are for weight loss.</p>
<p>Aaargh. So much for my workout. I was going to run to the grocery store just before the snow hit, come back, and workout in the basement. So a quick run into the store, walk back out, get in the car, turn the key and…</p>
<p>click, click, click…</p>
<p>Dead battery. Of course, my jumper cables are at home. Never made it into the trunk of the new car (they were a permanent fixture in the old car because, hey, they don’t do any good at home!).</p>
<p>At first, I contemplated calling a tow truck and getting a jump. That would get me home, where I could put a charger on the battery. But, it’s supposed to be below zero here with a lot of snow. Not really conducive to charging a battery and then trying to buy a new one tomorrow. So I figured, what the heck, I’ll just walk over to the auto parts store in the next shopping center, buy a battery, and change the darn thing in the grocery store parking lot. I’m gonna have to change it anyway. So, I got my workout farmer’s walking a car battery about a quarter mile and making two more trips to buy the right size wrenches, WD40, yadda yadda. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, it’s 23 degrees and snowing to beat the band. The good news is that I had a down jacket and both power stretch and heavy winter gloves. Plus, the super-duper flashlight with cold proof lithium batteries I had in the glove box came in handy. Bad, news… the to-go thermos cup of coffee I had just made was sitting on the bannister of the deck at home (I forgot it!) and everything on a car always fights you. But, after much cussin’, I got the old battery out, the new battery in, and it fired right up! Mission accomplished, but it’s too late and I’m too cranky now for a workout. So I’ll do my HOPS challenge commitment and call it a day.</p>
<p>At least I wasn’t snacking before dinner! Down another 4/10ths of a pound this morning, so it looks like I’ve at lease consolidated a little bit of a loss. Glad I’m in better shape. I don’t think I could have carried a car battery a 1/4 mile a couple years ago. Heck, I could barely walk a quater mile!</p>
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<p>I have found that I need to take one day a week (generally Sunday) and do absolutely no exercise. I will occasionally skip a second day (like today) if life gets in the way, or I’m sick or run down. I definitely need an extra day off after some of my hiking.</p>
<p>Otherwise, I never do the same thing two days in a row. Never run back to back days. Never Airdyne back to back. Never do weight lifting back to back. Geezer muscles need recovery time to avoid overuse injuries. I’m breaking my rule a little bit with HOPS challenge this month. It’s a pretty light routine, so I think I’ll survive, but that’s why I’m not a big fan of those kinds of challenges.</p>
<p>Well, we’re heading into some seriously cold weather so it’s good to find out when it’s not too inconvenient.</p>
<p>There’s AAA too.</p>
<p>Ran three miles. I was thinking of doing a little more but, as you said, it’s snowing out.</p>
<p>I had a close look at the toe that I injured on that long run. It was mostly black under the toenail. That’s why it still hurts. I usually only get black toe from tennis and it’s usually an issue with the shoes that I’m wearing. So I’ll have to put up with that for a while. The knees are bothering me a little too so I need to keep the speed down. I think that I’m going to do three miles per day for a while until the joints are a little better.</p>
<p>In the meantime, there’s stretching and weights.</p>
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<p>I guess the battery is the original in the car, probably three years old, so I figured it would need to be replaced. I almost did it last fall, even though I haven’t had any symptoms, but the shop that did my oil change said it tested fine. The problem is that I don’t drive much, so it can go a week or two without getting a full charge. Combine that with the cold weather, an old battery, yadda yadda. But, I figured it would give me the dreaded clickety clickety click at home where I could throw the charger on it.</p>
<p>I may have to spring for AAA.</p>
<p>Good job on the battery changing!</p>
<p>DadII- I don’t take rest days right now, but I do have some easy days of 1-2 mile runs if I’m post or pre-race or sick or something. I recommend rest days. </p>
<p>The Marmot power stretch tights came today. They looked small, but they do fit. They are not quite as heavy as the REI ones but I think they will be plenty warm. I may try them tomorrow morning in 15 degrees since my planned after-work run for tomorrow has been replaced by a social engagement. This means I will need to get up and out in the dark. Ugh.</p>
<p>Just keep the phone number for AAA. They will sign you up on the spot if you need a jump and don’t have a membership. It’s pretty easy for them. They have this small plastic device that has a charged battery in it and it has enough power to start a car. It’s about the size of a big laptop though it’s quite a bit thicker.</p>
<p>I was at EMS today and thought about they heavyweight TechWick and thought about it some more and didn’t buy it. Maybe another day. I’m not crazy about the remaining colors but it is 50% off.</p>
<p>Their SmartWool products are very expensive - typically $95 for the mid-weight and $105 for the extra-warm. I think that I’d prefer to stick with the synthetics for now.</p>
<p>IMHO, AAA is well worth the price. Especially in places where it’s damn cold. Let the service guy get out and jump start your car. It’s been invaluable to me over the last 25 years.</p>
<p>Yeah. I just signed up for AAA and printed my temp membership card for my wallet. It dawned on me that it could come in very handy if I ever have a dead battery up in the White Mountains!</p>
<p>Awww, thanks everyone for the warm welcome back. It felt like a virtual group hug!</p>
<p>I have been reading the thread, even if I have not been posting, hence, the arrival of my Marmot power stretch pants today. I could have used them over the weekend for some chilly but great cross country skiing. I opted for the boot cut vs. the tights. Will report on them on the next outing.</p>
<p>Also hit up the Under Armour outlet. Got a bunch of running/workout shorts on clearance for $4.97 each and some tech tops for $11.97 minus 30% off, whatever that is. Really pleased, especially since most of the items weren’t even out on the floor, so I had to request a salesperson to go into the back and haul them out for me. Well worth it.</p>
<p>So I took a “rest day” today. Stretch a lot and did some light weight workout.</p>
<p>test my regular push up - 37 in one set w/o any stop in the middle. Both hands on the mat and feet on the ground level, and lower until my chin hits the mat. I think I could hit 40 if there is a competition. </p>
<p>Idad, how many rep or how long do you need to do the stability ball mountain climb? Evenso I have not particularly been working on my core, the months of running probably build a pretty good one. Yes, I could feel the “burn” but I could go on for a while. </p>
<p>Another thing I tried tonight was the foot high step, you step up from one side, get down to the other and then up/down. It used to kill me within 10 steps. Now, I could go on and on and finally give up.</p>
<p>Ended the work out with a 20 minutes elliptical with “3” resistance level.</p>
<p>On the fashion front, went shopping yesterday and got me three size “small” long sleeve dress shirts: a Brooks Brother, a Tommy, and a Daniel Cremieux for a total of $7.97.</p>
<p>I can’t even buy lunch for $7.97!</p>
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<p>Because you don’t WANT to buy lunch for $7.97. I am sure there are plenty places one could get a decent lunch for $7.97.</p>
<p>Dad II, your step exercise sounds just like the old step aerobics of the '90s. And those classes were an hour, with jumping, hopping, twisting and turning along with the old step up, step down. Brings back memories :-)</p>
<p>MOMW–Indian lunch buffet–around here it’s $7.99, sometimes less. :)</p>
<p>idad–don’t worry, you got a workout walking with a battery 1/4 mile in the cold! Plus the extra trips for tools…</p>
<p>Today I painted a door frame and a bunch of baseboard. 2 coats of primer, 2 of white paint. Crawled around on the floor a lot, which is surprisingly good exercise. Killed the entire day, but today was the day to do it cause company is coming the beginning of next week. Tomorrow I’ll find some conventional exercise to do indoors (forecast is for a high in single digits!)</p>
<p>I did do my leg lifts & shoulder/neck exercises. :)</p>
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