Two posts on a Sunday! What world is this?
Reading
I am reading and enjoying Real Americans. I got a good warning in my blog comments about this book, which I really appreciate, because I am keeping my expectations low. Because I know and adore this commenter I am pretty sure I will finish the book with the same general feeling. Either way, I am actually making progress.
Also, my reading is picking up because I've mostly stopped sleeping through the night again. But 30 minutes of 3am reading isn't the worst hobby in the world.
And apropos of that, I dowloaded an audio copy of The Menopause Manifesto.
Also, I have been thinking a lot about how women experience life differently from men due to hormones, and how those difference play out in professional and career space. In general men function at steady state productivity but female cycles mean that women have more and less productive times, increased and decreased cognitive function, and basically a completely different skillset and toolbox to approach life. If one of the reasons women don't excel in careers is because of this hormonal fluctuation (or rather, the social pressures put on women decrease their successes and make the "default" state male) THEN shouldn't postmenopausal women be basically killing it professionally? Shouldn't' they be the most experienced, the most capable, and basically the best of what we can offer the world regardless of gender?
That thought needs more forming. But it's coming.
Sports
- Monday
- 45 Minute Your Day One Robin Arzon Ride. I think these rides are why I got a Peloton. Goal setting and riding and Taylor Swift? YES PLEASE
- Tuesday
- 30 Minute TTPD Ride with Robin Arzon. This was the first bad Peloton class I've ever done. The instructor didn't seem to have a plan or know the words and it was just.. cringe. I really like Taylor Swift. I did not like this class
- Wednesday
- 20 MInute Climb Ride with Jenn Sherman. Fit in during a big computer update at work. Busy!
- Thursday
- 1 Hour gym with gym buddy. He made a "8 days days of Hanukkah" ladder where we did the following, but each time added another exercise, so the first set was 10 burpees, the second was pushups and burpees, the third was chin ups, push ups, and burpees.
- 10 Burpees
- 20 Push ups
- 15 Chin Ups
- 20 Ball Slams
- 2 Sled Push
- 40 Bicycle Kicks
- 40 Mountain Climbers
- 20 Squats
That was it for the week. I do not know how to fit exercise in on Fridays or Saturdays or Sundays unless I do 8pm workouts and I cannot seem to manage those on the weekends so here we are.
Sleep
I've averaged 6.83 hours this week. This is probably why my cognitive situation is not great. Evenings have been busy and I have also done some evening sports, and Andy and I went out to dinner, and mostly I don't feel like being in bed before 8:30pm. Someday I will sleep more.
How was your week? How is your sleep? Have you ever done a "12 days of christmas" ladder type workout?
I've never done a ladder workout like that before, other than a 30 day challenge I did last year where I did the same 4 exercises every day, but increased the reps. I think those last few days of your 8 days would be tough.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the post menopausal camp. Mostly I feel invisible.