Jan. 4th:
20 minutes Stairmaster stepmill, resistance at nine, random intervals
60 minutes back & biceps routine
40 minutes back on Stairmaster, really trudging for the last eight minutes or so & counting them down second by second
To the new people at the gym: I welcome you all, because I was once new myself. But ... do not use the seat of the lat-pull machine as a stand for your coffee and cellphone. It is not a small cocktail table. Nor is it a coat rack. Particularly if you are not using it. Otherwise this makes me keep glancing back at it, to see if it's unoccupied yet, and messes up the sequence of my workout, as I try to work around it -- and makes me anxious, because I am watching the gym's clock before work, worrying about whether I'll be able to finish my routine before I need to be home again & online. And I am a sensitive person who dreads any unpleasantness, so it's hard for me to say, "Excuse me, are you using that?" Because half the time, when I say that, no matter how politely I phrase it, it puts the listener on the defensive. So please don't use the equipment to hold your stuff. That is not what it's there for.