Suspension training is fuuuun!
Now that I have a job again and have gotten caught up on some outstanding bills, I've been looking at some goodies on Amazon that I've been meaning to get for over a year. One of those goodies was a suspension trainer, something I've been wanting to add to my workout equipment collection since 2012, when I was working out with a trainer friend a couple times a week, and he had me try inverted rows. It's such an awesome piece of equipment, but ridiculously overpriced when it's one particular brand, and for a long time, I was debating making one myself with materials from a hardware store-- really, it's high-quality straps with handles and an anchor, how hard could that be-- but miracle of miracles, I found a different brand that sold theirs for what it would have cost me to make my own, and I got free shipping. (The Gift of Stellar Shopping is one I use only for good, never for evil. I am sworn by my mother and her mother before her; it is a Gift passed down through generations.) I'm already doing a lot more lats, pecs, and shoulder work, and feeling great now that I can correct some old shoulder problems and clean up my posture, especially now that I'm sitting at a desk for 8 hours a day and noticing times when I'm slumping at my chest and feeling it in my upper back. It doesn't help that my chair is built for someone about two inches taller than me, so when I try to relax into it, I have to take my feet off the floor if I want to include my upper back. I keep meaning to bring in a pillow or cushion to make this chair better for me, but really I should just check the rest of the offices for a different chair.
Wow. Boring entry so far. I mean, it's nice to have the time in the morning at work to write for a while, but there isn't anything gigantic that I absolutely need to get out of my system by typing furiously on my keyboard, so that leaves me with some routine kind of things. Between the craziness from the billing fuck-up earlier this month at work finally calming down and noticing the benefits of the techniques my therapist has been teaching me for managing stress and staying mindful of my environment and emotions, I am happy to be a little boring. Besides, there is a strong possibility for more craziness in a few weeks, since my 30th birthday is coming up, and I am so very much not prepared for it.
What else, what else, what else... okay, I guess the theme of today is "therapies". This is why I adore my iPad: grown-up coloring books. It is one of the most soothing and fun things to do for hours at a time. Seriously, I've been coloring on this thing for something like two months now, and any time they add new pages or colors, I buy them up right away. I'm thisclose to getting some printed books, but the thing I like most about having them on the iPad is that I can recolor the same design as many times as I want, and save the pictures so I can look at preeeeeeety earlier versions. And it is sooo therapeutic. When you have time to devote to nothing but choosing an interesting color combination for a mandala design, it's amazing how quickly every other distraction, whatever size it might be, completely fades away. It's a meditative activity without being something that makes you think "I'm meditating, I should be relaxed to the point of falling asleep". In fact, if the afternoon slows down the way I hope it should for a Wednesday, I fully intend on coloring away.
Alright. Have to finish a few things before I regress to a happy 6 year old with my coloring app.
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