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Why the Y

Russian Mole People Take Over Weight Room

Ed Note: When she's not interviewing DVD Divas, Kim is our YMCA Correspondent. "The Y is like my little brother," she says. "I love it, but also insist on the right to criticize it perpetually."

While my family may have fled their Eastern European shtetl some time in the early 1900s, I can still bond with my Slavic brethren anytime I want, just by going to the Park Slope YMCA weight room. Russian speakers don't abound at the Park Slope Y in general, just in the basement weight room. They seem to arrive via an underground tunnel directly from the Soviet Bloc.

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worked out despite swollen and sore muscles

So, day 2 of really super, horrible muscle soreness I still dragged my little self to the gym. I was hoping to spin, but the class was full of all these new years resolution people. So, I went to WellSCULPT and it was surprisingly ok. I mean, I can barely go from sitting to standing but I can still do a sculpt class miraculously. Maybe I am a badass after all!

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mood lift

Yesterday afternoon I was sleepy from class, feeling a little sulky and overwhelmed.  Remedy?  Big lift day.  I didn't get a ton of playing time on Sunday, so instead of recovery I hit weights:

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Blowing Off Steam On The Bike

A fight with a co-worker, who is a sneaky story snatcher, fueled a fast and furious 45 minute bike ride. Followed by 20 minutes of weights, including lots of triceps . But because I was still feeling guilty/angry about calling out my jerk co-worker in front of other people I opted for comfort food at the local diner instead of making the Brussles sprouts in my fridge. I ordered broccoli ...

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Quickie

A Friday deadline at work means it is harder for me to find time to workout, let alone blog, near the end of the week. But I woke up SUPER early on Thursday (4:45) and squeezed in 30 minutes of weights and stretching. I'm glad I did because it helped clear my writer's block so I met my deadline, and I felt like I had better work/life balance.

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Sunrise Run

I started my regular 5 mile morning a little late this morning (leaving the house around 6 instead of 5:45), and as a result I saw the sunrise behind the National Cathedral.

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Happy Trails

Running through Rock Creek Park makes me feel a bit like an explorer (there are so many diverging trails that I could take a different route each day and still not see everything) and a bit like a superhero (able to leap over creek beds in a single bound!).

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Running in the dark

When my alarm went off at 5:15 a.m. today Eat.Sweat.Blog was the only reason I hit the streets instead of the snooze button.

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sluggish

Last night I got the first 7+ hour night of sleep I've had in a while. Which sucks. I feel rundown, I've been eating large quantities of crap, I drink too much coffee everyday and get jittery.

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presses

I have an awfully large living room with one piece of furniture: weight bench. I guess with the rack it's actually two pieces. But that's what I came home to today after much class and my first exam, a killer. Hit this CrossFit press workout in my very own home:

Shoulder Press 5 x 1
75-80-85-90-95(f)

Push Press 5 x 3
95-105-110-115-120

Push Jerk 5 x 5
120-120-125-125-130(4)