Workout video of the day:
[The</a> World’s Most Dangerous Workout on a TOWER!! - DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRY THIS - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIL9X9hLR3g]The”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIL9X9hLR3g)
Check out the single-leg squat at about 1:44 .
Who’s up for it? 
<p>That’s nothing! That’s a workout? They should try moving a graduating student out of a Wellesley dorm. :D</p>
<p>My arms feel sore from all of the lifting, but my legs are itching for action. I planned on going for a run around that lovely campus, but underestimated how much time two ladies would need to sort 4 years worth of stuff, to throw out a bunch of crap, to pack the leftover belongings into a couple of suitcases and to haul a bunch of books (120 lb or so!) to the post office. Even when Mr.B pitched in his labor, it took longer than we all thought! And the 88-degree heat with NE humidity did not help. Now, if Mr.B finishes his homework by midnight, I will finally be able to get some running done tomorrow. :)</p>
<p>I think that we should put all of the CC moving stuff in this thread annually.</p>
<p>Moving can just take so much time and effort.</p>
<p>I moved the bed upstairs last night and worked on the basement today. Basically I need to move stuff out (as in throw out) to get enough room in the basement to put the desk back together again and rearrange again so that I have enough space to work out. Moving the beds upstairs means that there isn’t space in the bedroom to workout in.</p>
<p>Deborah T: Me too. (That’s why I’m VeryHappy. ;))</p>
<p>Bunsen,congrats on your Ds graduation!
The heat reminds me of when oldest graduated and she had been living in the school townhouses, so they had to be out in the next day or so. H& youngest werent there cause they had gone to drop her off at a school field trip.
Just me & the dog & her roommates parents.
I think it was in low 90s. For being in the NW, Portland can get really warm.</p>
<p>Im afraid i havent been doing that much. I have been going to physical therapy for my knee since last fall, but now i amgoing to see about an MRI to seewhat is going on with it.
Very painful & frustrating.</p>
Wow. That made me hold onto my chair just watching it. I’m shaky on a single-leg squat standing on a weight bench a whopping 16 inches above the floor! Yikes.
<p>Well- I was thinking about going to the 5K Memorial Day race and late entering ($30) this morning, but when I woke up I decided against it. We are having some extreme heat, and I didn’t see the point in paying that much money to be miserable, although I did want the speedwork. I went to the path and did 7 miles instead, which is good (and free). </p>
<p>BB- congrats on the graduation!</p>
<p>I ran my 5k race today. My watch said it was 3.22 miles, and I did it in 30:14, which is not my best but considering the last month I can’t be too disappointed. The upside is that nothing hurts, no hip pain, no knee pain, so I’m happy. My d ran her first race ever. She has never been a runner, and always said she never could be a runner. She started about a month ago running on the treadmill for 15 minutes (that’s all she could stand :)), a couple times a week. We don’t know her exact time yet, but it was around 24:10. Now she wants to do another race.</p>
Congrats on your race. You finished and it’s great that nothing hurts. Yourndaughter’s time is excellent! Ahhh, youth!
<p>Congratulations, Blank, and Woohoo to your daughter! Nice time. Not a runner – hah!</p>
<p>Did week 4 workout 3. Like that endorphin rush at the end. Don’t think I can quite say in seventh heaven for the rest of the day like Miami after she’s done swimming in the outdoor pool, but feeling good.</p>
Congrats to the racers! 
I did pretty much nothing this weekend.* DH started having back spasms after riding in a truck for a day and a half (moving stuff from his mom’s house back east), so we didn’t even go for a walk. Poor guy…but I was kind of expecting it to happen. He’s not one to exercise or even stretch out at rest stops.
*Not quite true. I did a run/walk Saturday morning cause DH wasn’t home to sit around & read the paper/drink coffee with.
Think I’ll do my leg lifts and go to bed. Tomorrow is another day, as Scarlett O’Hara said.
<p>Yes, tomorrow is Tuesday, and Tuesday is a gym day. :)</p>
<p>Amazingly, I was able to run a little in the hotel’s gym this morning, then did my standard weight routine despite the fact that I only had 4 hours of sleep. Anyway, sleep is overrated! Mr B “biked” next to me while I ran. Of course, then we totally blew it by eating pastries from the breakfast buffet. :)</p>
<p>Blankmind, great job! Running injury-free is an achievement. Your D sounds like our little kiddo: “not a runner”, but can run fast. Our D ran a 25-min 5K as a part of her triathlon (after swimming and biking!) and she did not practice a bit for it.</p>
<p>Finished cleaning out the apartment last night and the basement at home is an absolute mess. I moved a lot of stuff out of a closet that hasn’t been looked at in at least ten years and tossed it all and moved some of the newer stuff into the closet. I need to move a few more boxes in there and then throw out a lot of old and obsolete electronics. My wife and kids cleaned out their old shoes and boots that they had been keeping for a rainy day - many of these are too small for them now or have leaks or are in really bad shape. We have a ton of books and papers for them from their schooling and I need to sort through those and decide what to do with them.</p>
<p>In the meantime, the desk is still not assembled yet as there isn’t room.</p>
<p>I really didn’t get any exercise in yesterday outside of picking things up and moving them somewhere.</p>
<p>Back to normal today (hopefully).</p>
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<p>Best Buy will take old electronics for recycling. Everything is free except CRT TVs and Monitors. They charge $10 each for those, but give you a $10 Best Buy gift certificate.</p>
<p>Computers have to have the hard drive removed.</p>
<p>Limit: 3 items per person per visit. You just put them on a wagon and wheel them to the customer service desk. It was a real god-send for clearing out old TVs and computers and printers and scanners and stuff – all the stuff that ends up in the basement because where else are you going to put it? This is the sort of thing that I will now do once a year whether I need to or not!</p>
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<p>I put all their school papers and notes, etc., in manila envelopes, labeled with each kid’s name and, when known, the grade. At some point I will hand them over and they can decide what to do with them.</p>
<p>I’m talking about twin pair antenna wire, coax cables, chargers, power supplies, antennas, routers, modems, media players, audio switchboxes, video switchboxes, a cassette tape player; stuff from the 80s and 90s. We have a bunch of computer boxes that we really don’t need anymore but I can just bring those to the office for recycling. Those really don’t take up a lot of space and can be used for furniture in some cases.</p>
<p>I would like to get rid of the CRT television and replace it with an LCD but I don’t know how well that would go over with my wife - she uses it for an hour or two per week.</p>
<p>On school stuff, we have them stored in plastic tubs or moving boxes. Those containers are not optimal for that kind of storage. I would actually like to just put it all on digital media but it would take a lot of time to do that. I might try starting with a box to see how long it takes. We’re going to hold onto things until the kids get a little more settled. We could also theoretically store it at my mother’s place- she has a four bedroom for one person.</p>
<p>BC, here are a couple of links. I may post more.</p>
<p>[Boston</a> Computer Recycling FAQs](<a href=“Recycle Computers 4 Cancer - Donate Your Used Computer Equipment for Cause”>Recycle Computers 4 Cancer - Donate Your Used Computer Equipment for Cause)</p>
<p>[Donate</a> Old Computers & Computer Donations to Charity - Free Donation Pick Up](<a href=“http://www.donationtown.org/news/donate-computers.html]Donate”>Donate Computers – DonationTown)</p>
<p>Pretty interesting website. I think that I could drop off a few systems in Lowell as that’s relatively close by. I’m pretty sure that all of our old computers are in working condition though finding the original disks would be a challenge. We have them all but I don’t necessarily know which disks go with which system. Windows XP loses support in a year or two so I think that these would have to get new OS software or run a free OS. First thing though is to bring the LCD displays to the library tonight.</p>
<p>I notice there’s this place in Lowell.</p>
<p>[Computer</a> Recycling Services Lowell MA](<a href=“Loading...”>http://computerrecyclinglowellma.com/)</p>