<p>Wow, CJane, so sorry to hear that. It is such a hassle dealing with this mess! Put a fraud warning on your credit reports or better yet freeze them. Sadly, gyms are notorious for being car smash-and-grab thieves’ targets. The thieves watch for the folks who drive up, put valuables in the glove box, and go inside… And then the thieves pounce. There is a gym across the parking lot from my friend’s workplace, and he says he regularly sees broken car glass on the pavement. 
The gym owners put (finally!) a big sign saying to not leave anything of value in the car.</p>
<p>Change all locks on your house! Hugs.</p>
<p>CJane, that is the worst! I am so sorry.</p>
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<p>Several years ago (1997 maybe) we went to a Cardinals baseball game in downtown St. Louis and parked on a street several blocks from the stadium. We were going straight from the baseball game to my sister’s softball game. Thieves broke into our van, rummaged thru everything, and took our high school apparel. But left several Cardinals items in the van…</p>
<p>That’s awful, CJane. I’m sorry. My old car was broken into once, when I was a grad student. Totally depressing at the time. Whoever did it was looking for audio equipment, and smashed the windshields of a number of cars along my street. Alas there was nothing to take in mine. And, apparently, when he/they saw I had an 8 track player only, they abandoned the mission altogether and left me with the mess.</p>
<p>Such a feeling of violation and anger - so sorry to hear about your incident .</p>
<p>Sorry to hear CJane. Hoping the recovery isn’t too bad.</p>
<p>Congrats sabaray!!! That is awesome news! So happy for you! :)</p>
<p>Cjane, hugs, and hex upon the sucky human who did it. I wonder if since this is a daily occurrence at the gym if the gym-owner might consider some security in the lot. </p>
<p>Idad, lol, I’ve always wondered about these claims of “lengthening” muscles…makes me think of stretched pantyhose or elastic man.</p>
<p>Perhaps the phrase is to telegraph to women that in doing the routine they will not end up looking like Russian weightlifters ;)</p>
<p>Kinda like the difference between the word “cut” among the bros and “sculpt” among exercise material targeting overweight women 
Cut sounds kinds macho and adrenalin-provoking and sculpt sounds kind passive, artsy, and not so strenuous. But as you can attest, both really mean sweating you a** off!</p>
<p>Jane, I’m so sorry. That is terrible and happens in my town frequently. I feel so badly for you. I worry when I stop to run after work and park at the trail. I usually separate my wallet and phone from my purse. I also park at the library instead of the trail head.</p>
<p>My H works for a park system. Even when they are busy with oodles of cars and people around, purse thefts are rampant.</p>
<p>Ran 6 miles yesterday. I was going to run outside afterwards but the weather killed that. I was then going to run at the Y but I had to run an errand with my daughter and didn’t feel like driving to the Y. Maybe I should get a treadmill at home.</p>
<p>I put on a pair of jeans and it felt loose and checked all of my other jeans and found out I had the 31s on. I have sizes 31, 32, 32, 33, 34 for jeans that I wear to work. The 34 is ridiculous but I’m too lazy and cheap to get smaller jeans. This is the first time that the 31s have felt loose. It agrees with what I’m seeing in the mirror and the scale. My wife is back next week so this progress might get reversed.</p>
I’ve been off for 2 days resting the sore heel and gimpy knee. Might take one more day just to be safe. If that doesn’t help, it’s back to the sports medicine doc and decide if I need to get the hyaulronic acid shot for the knee. I’ll use duct tape and chicken wire if I have to to keep my legs together for the July race.
<p>I take a fanny pack to the gym and leave the purse at home. It holds keys and abbreviated contents of my wallet. (A little money, one card, drivers license.) I usually shower at the gym and from time to time lockers get broken into, though usually people lose things because they haven’t bothered with lots, which seems unbelievably stupid. </p>
<p>Anyway, it really sucks. Our car got broken into so someone could steal a hat from the back seat. It was winter and a cold drive home.</p>
<p>I use a Scott E Vest to carry my stuff and my wife is using my daughter’s Scott E Vest in Singapore right now so that she doesn’t have to carry a handbag. In general, I carry my workout gear in an Adidas bag and try not to leave anything in the car.</p>
<p>In big cities, there is the most ridiculous kinds of crimes committed. People drilling a hole in your gas tank to steal the gasoline - so you have to have your vehicle towed and your gas tank replaced for $20-$50 of gasoline (thieves don’t know how much is in your tank), or people stealing your wheels for the scrap metal value.</p>
<p>Not to mention the catalytic converters… Big trucks were especially vulnerable because it was easy for the thieves to hide under them while sawing the pieces off.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why they put crunches in the circuit since just about everything I’ve read for the last five years says they are bad for you.</p>
<p>Yes, I wondered about that, too. Crunches are “bad” because most people do not do them correctly. Properly done crunches (the ab muscles, not the spine should be “crunching”) are quite effective.</p>
<p>Thanks, BB. I printed out the little chart. :)</p>
<p>Today’s exercise so far has been dumbbells, attempted pullups (it’s a work in progress) and climbing a stepladder to clean out overflowing gutters. There will certainly be a walk later as the rain is supposed to stop.</p>
<p>Edit: Re the 7 minute chart–I always laugh at exercises like #11 “push-up and rotation” because if you can do that, you’re ALREADY in shape! Nevertheless, I did a few, which I wouldn’t have thought to do otherwise. And I noticed there are no leg lifts of any kind. I need those to keep my knees healthy so I can do #5 “step-up onto chair” !</p>
<p>CJane–sorry that happened to you. Dealing with the aftermath is just so annoying.</p>
<p>Walked 3.5 miles this morning and did short U-tube workout mostly lunges, squats, push-ups, and plank. Blister I got from Hunger Walk on Sunday still bothering me. Seems like I just can’t avoid them once I start walking longer distances. For my next walk (3-day), I’m going to change socks and shoes half-way through each day.</p>
<p>Squats and wall sits are very good for keeping the knee-supporting muscles in balance.</p>