Skipped cycling for legs. Will be traveling this weekend, so the cycling dry cycle will continue for a couple of days.. Super excited to go for a jog in the woods instead up in Humboldt – haven’t run in awhile so 5mi would be solid AF.

The lunges and squats in the legs sets are redundant, and I’m unable to do the one after the other. An adductor or abductor lift would sub in well and provide breadth, so next time I’ll start with lunges and swap out the squat with the Cossack variation.

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Today is OR’s birthday! And, would you know, I’m actually driving the 5h30m to see him this weekend. The reason was baby GR as opposed to said birthday, but it doubles up well. And means, all the presents!!! CO picked up a present for GR (a maniacal & chimerical stuffie that would be horrifying if GR wasn’t pre-senses). I eye-spied about the house for OR only to come up with the leather-bound Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson – it’s a favorite of mine, he loves it, and it’ll be beautiful in his library. That one is a bit tough to give away, but doesn’t that make it a better gift?

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Fit in a bicep and back workout. I’m finding a good order of workouts and weights given the plate dumbbells slow me down. In a few weeks, however, I should be past my max (55lb per dumbbell) for squats, bench, row, etc. Will go find a local weight store and see if they have any 10lb plates which fit.

Put the front wheel on the training bike, tossed it on the rollers [near a wall for balance] and actually got in some miles over ~45min. No flops while clipped-in. Now, I’m free to get the cateye mounted so I can actually keep an eye on pace rather than just measuring time.

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Been putting on weight, up to nearly 200lbs from 182 6mo ago and 192 3 wks ago. While 2lbs a week can’t be pure muscle I feel good. I’ll continue to 1) eat balanced w/ extra protein, and 2) eat till full. If/when I hit 210lbs I’ll reconsider.

Nice set of shoulder lifts today – my mortal shell is ready, the bottleneck is not having full weeks with the weights / cycling. Where there’s a will there’s a way. Easy way is to bring dumbbells to Oliver’s, and take advantage of weights when I’m traveling. Fun one’ll be the office where there’s a bar and squat tower.

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Tomorrow’s Tasks

• Fun: Rosicrucian Egyption museum
• Not fun: Bathroom recently developed a sewage-y smell that needs attention.

Refund from Delta

Given it was Delta’s issue getting pilots I should be entitled to a full refund, and perhaps even get them to cover my hotel room. comes back 5min later ok – done. It was easy enough through the My Trips Delta’s site

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