BFL: Back on the horse

I’ve noticed myself turning back into pudding these past few months — muscle tone vanishing, pants getting tighter. A couple months back I set aside $55 cash on a shelf, one month’s membership in the gym, so I’d have one less excuse to rejoin if I woke up early and felt like working out. A couple weeks ago I printed out a lower-body workout. Last night I finally decided that just relying on myself to get up early and feel like going wasn’t gonna cut it, so I went to bed at 11 and set my alarm for 7. Somebody courteously sent a helicopter to buzz my neighborhood at 6 AM just to help wake me up.

(  Lower-body workout numbers  )

Discoveries: I’ve lost a little strength in my hamstrings, but not much. I’ve been taking it too easy on my calves and quads — I accidentally incremented with 25-lb weights instead of 10-pounders on the leg press, and still didn’t have as much difficulty as I ought. And I might give up on the ab machine and just do crunches. Or not. Maybe I’m using it wrong; I’d expect 100 pounds to be giving me trouble.