One more Espresso shot

Wii DDR, with flail mode (+hand movements).

( rational behind cut )

I hope to incorporate this into my morning. If I can get up and dance (well, I wouldn't call it dancing so much as jumping on the DDR pad like an idiot) for 15 minutes in the morning, I think I will be in better shape. I need to figure out roughly how many calories are burning per hour to set the goal. I think there must be a chart on the wonder intertubes somewhere (heres one http://www.nutristrategy.com/activitylist.htm). I guess a goal of somewhere between 70-90 should do the trick.

ETA: fix tags

I rode my bicycle to work this morning. It is locked up about 15 floors below me. From home to the office (including parking) is about 6 miles.

How do I feel? I'll tell you once I ride home.

With all of the recent posts about bikes...

Last night, after yoga, I worked on my bicycle. I had to unbend a portion of the big gear 9no, i don't know how it got bent in the first place) and then spent some time adjusting the derailleur for the front gear. Grabbed my helmet, filled a water bottle, and rode on the trail to downtown. The around on Hennipen (as an interesting aside - LJ wants to fix this word, and one option is Heinlein) to the new library. Turned around and rode back home. 11+ miles, about an hour or so, with at least 15 minutes tied up wandering downtown. A guy on the bus told me to head off on the dirt trail and come in on 10th. That was cool, but left me woefully unprepared to find my way out again. Once I spotted a fellow biker I got going in the right direction again, and then had my destination confirmed by some helpful bikers whilst we were waiting at a light.

Got home, neighbor was out working on his new retaining wall. We had a beer and chatted for a while. Turns out he is a closet geek and plays EVE Online. So we talked EVE and WoW and drank our beers until it was dark and we both needed to be domestic again and take out our respective garbage. Not to overanalyze the beer, in this case a Mich Golden (from his fridge, not mine). Not too bad when you are sweaty and tired. And a Guinness, which i <3, but to be honest, is a little heavy after 2 hours of working out.

( work and tech geekery )

Despite not having a trainer, I still know what I am doing. Since we were in a strength phase, I decided to stick with that for a while. Strength phases for me go about 1-2 months, then I go back to endurance or cardio.

Bench Press. Been a long time, buddy. Need to see if I can get back to where I was, after several months of no real strength phase. Worked my way up, started with a pair of 45s, (bar weighs 45 too). Eight. Added 50 (25 each side). 4. Added 20 (10 each side) for my old total, 205. Once. Hrm, last time I did 3 of them. Step the weight down to the original 135. Not happy, so I grabbed a pair of 40# dumbbells and did two sets to 12 of single arm flies on the stability ball.

Alternated 2 sets of pull-ups (8 each) and dips (12 each).

Alternated 2 sets with 30# dumbbells of shoulder press (12 each) and curls (8 each).

Thought about heading out and realized I had not yet hit the legs or abs (except the balance aspect of the stability ball flies).

Oh, my friend the hip sled. Time to push. Hard. Loaded up 6x45 each side. 540#. A dozen. Well, that was easy. Grab another 45# per side. 630# (a new personal best). Hmmm, another 12. Okies. Another 45# per side. 720# (yep, another personal best). 8. That's better. Stretch. Unload the machine.

Hamstring curls, 2 set of 110#, which is mostly irrelevant since each machine for these is different.

Ahh, Calves. You know, i love doing calves. Keeps me looking good in a kilt. The machine maxes at 400# (which I have done in the past). Two sets at 400#. Next time I need to drop that down and go single leg.

20 crunches, 20 left side, 20 right side, 20 more. Stretch, shower, go out in the rain. Come home to mle292 cooking veggie fried rice. Which is now almost done! :)

Time to go!

My "Be" protein bar lists NutriSoy as an ingredient. Some of you may be thinking, I have heard that term somewhere...

Life immitates art:
Quotes from the Shadowrun Official Rule Book:
The nutrisoy may not taste great, but at least it's hot.
And from Shadowrun Slang:
Nutrisoy n. Cheaply processed food product, derived from soybeans