[rwest]

Was at the gym yesterday and I’m squatting 145lbs and not well! For “fun”, I had the coach use the electronic power meter on a bare bar just so I could see what my range of motion is unweighted. It was quite a bit different, so I need to work on getting the weight lower.

I also found that a fairly close university has some open track times and I went there this morning to do my strides and intervals- $5 and I had the place to myself for almost an hour. I was able to consistently turn 42 second 200M times with a minute rest between each one. So much better than running outside in the ice, snow and slop that I’ve been running on for a couple months.

The gym I go to is part of a PT clinic and everyone using it is with either a therapist or coach and rarely more than one or two people- never seen a gym babe or cellphone clogger. Sometimes it is a bit humbling as there are people recovering from an injury and are barely able to do exercises that most of would consider very basic.