gym Friday night
I was really depressed at work today. Really, really. But luckily when I got home I did not post on LJ but instead went directly to the gym! I got there by like 6:45, which is really good for me. Did 34 minutes on the elliptical--3 miles in 30:30, then cooled down for another 1/4 mile. I really needed to run, it felt good. I was watching The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen on TNT--I know it's a horrible movie, but goddamn is Stuart Townsend hot in it. Mmm, mmm, bitch. I also hadn't realized that Naseeruddin Shah, who played the father in Monsoon Wedding, was Captain Nemo. He is hella awesome.
Did all the weight machines, then took my mat back to the classroom, which is always empty after 7 on Friday nights, and fooled around with some yoga stuff. Handstands are really hard--I cannot kick up without momentum. I don't know if I could kick up with momentum, but I think I'll have a better chance. Although kicking up into a handstand seems suspiciously similar to doing a cartwheel, which god knows I couldn't do if my life depended on it. Obviously I still have to work on handstand. I'm really looking forward to the magical yoga moment when handstand clicks into place for me. I didn't try headstand again, because it tends to bother my neck and I don't want to do it when I'm by myself. I did do tripod briefly, and some of my other favorite yoga stuff. Didn't do squats, because my thighs are still unhappy from last Sunday. Overall, a really good gym night. I will be sad when my membership expires in 11 days.
Did all the weight machines, then took my mat back to the classroom, which is always empty after 7 on Friday nights, and fooled around with some yoga stuff. Handstands are really hard--I cannot kick up without momentum. I don't know if I could kick up with momentum, but I think I'll have a better chance. Although kicking up into a handstand seems suspiciously similar to doing a cartwheel, which god knows I couldn't do if my life depended on it. Obviously I still have to work on handstand. I'm really looking forward to the magical yoga moment when handstand clicks into place for me. I didn't try headstand again, because it tends to bother my neck and I don't want to do it when I'm by myself. I did do tripod briefly, and some of my other favorite yoga stuff. Didn't do squats, because my thighs are still unhappy from last Sunday. Overall, a really good gym night. I will be sad when my membership expires in 11 days.