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clevermanka) wrote2013-06-10 11:34 am
clevermanka) wrote2013-06-10 11:34 am
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Even if you knock it ain’t no way to stop it
How is this still so damn adorable after all these years?
I liked the movie, don't get me wrong, but this macro-ed synopsis of the first Abrams Star Trek movie is spot on.
And now, content. Boring, same-old, same-old content, but content nonetheless.
I fear Dr. Khosh is as confused as I am about the cause of my swelling issues. I'm not going to say he was disappointed that the liver bloodwork all came back aces, but he was definitely flummoxed. I'm back on the Adrenal Cortex because my daytime energy levels have been steadily decreasing. If I remember, it takes about a week for me to notice a difference with those. He also made me a diuretic tincture in case my lymph system needs a jump start on draining. Thank goodness it doesn't taste horrible, although it's a bit much to take straight. I take it with one ounce of water so as not to dilute it too much. I'm cutting back on my general water intake, too, especially for the hour preceding and following taking the tincture, which I take twice a day between meals.
The other secretary is back in the office today, so I resumed my hourly ten-minute walks. So Good. During my walks, I'm focusing on powering the movement with my glutes and hamstrings. This came out of a conversation I had with Trainer Andrew on Saturday. He had me push the prowler back and forth a few times and halfway through the second time I laughed/gasped out "Oh my god, why is this so hard?" Because the thing was not that heavy (there was hardly any weight on it at all), and the pavement was smooth. But damn, my legs were jelly by the time I made it across the parking lot and back just once. Andrew pointed out that the prowler forces us to use our posterior chain, and since modern posture doesn't utilize the body's posterior chain, our quadriceps wind up doing all the work carrying us from place to place. This is inefficient and sets up our bodies for weird alignment/strength problems. So I'm using my glutes and hamstrings to activate the forward momentum of walking. Walking like that also corrects issues of stressing the knee and hip joints when every step of walking is an arrested fall instead of a smooth, horizontal movement. This coincides with everything I read in Esther Gokhale's book, and it makes sense. Why use a single, smaller muscle group (quadriceps) to power a movement when using two, larger muscles groups (glutes, hamstrings) is better and more efficient? It takes some effort to re-learn how to walk, but doing so ten minutes at a time is good practice.
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mckitterick gone all evening every day during the CSSF summer activities, I have the house to myself and (because it's temporary) it's nice. I spent nearly every evening last week on the couch with wine and porn and loud music and occasional dance breaks.
Vacation's over, though, and it's time to get stuff done. This week: scrape the gunk off the floor of the Chevelle and scrub the bathroom. Good thing my workouts this week are lower-body focused. My arms are gonna be tired.
Speaking of tired, I am tired of having this song in my head. It's not an awful song, but it's going on three days now. DONE WITH THIS SONG.
I liked the movie, don't get me wrong, but this macro-ed synopsis of the first Abrams Star Trek movie is spot on.
And now, content. Boring, same-old, same-old content, but content nonetheless.
I fear Dr. Khosh is as confused as I am about the cause of my swelling issues. I'm not going to say he was disappointed that the liver bloodwork all came back aces, but he was definitely flummoxed. I'm back on the Adrenal Cortex because my daytime energy levels have been steadily decreasing. If I remember, it takes about a week for me to notice a difference with those. He also made me a diuretic tincture in case my lymph system needs a jump start on draining. Thank goodness it doesn't taste horrible, although it's a bit much to take straight. I take it with one ounce of water so as not to dilute it too much. I'm cutting back on my general water intake, too, especially for the hour preceding and following taking the tincture, which I take twice a day between meals.
The other secretary is back in the office today, so I resumed my hourly ten-minute walks. So Good. During my walks, I'm focusing on powering the movement with my glutes and hamstrings. This came out of a conversation I had with Trainer Andrew on Saturday. He had me push the prowler back and forth a few times and halfway through the second time I laughed/gasped out "Oh my god, why is this so hard?" Because the thing was not that heavy (there was hardly any weight on it at all), and the pavement was smooth. But damn, my legs were jelly by the time I made it across the parking lot and back just once. Andrew pointed out that the prowler forces us to use our posterior chain, and since modern posture doesn't utilize the body's posterior chain, our quadriceps wind up doing all the work carrying us from place to place. This is inefficient and sets up our bodies for weird alignment/strength problems. So I'm using my glutes and hamstrings to activate the forward momentum of walking. Walking like that also corrects issues of stressing the knee and hip joints when every step of walking is an arrested fall instead of a smooth, horizontal movement. This coincides with everything I read in Esther Gokhale's book, and it makes sense. Why use a single, smaller muscle group (quadriceps) to power a movement when using two, larger muscles groups (glutes, hamstrings) is better and more efficient? It takes some effort to re-learn how to walk, but doing so ten minutes at a time is good practice.
With
mckitterick gone all evening every day during the CSSF summer activities, I have the house to myself and (because it's temporary) it's nice. I spent nearly every evening last week on the couch with wine and porn and loud music and occasional dance breaks. Vacation's over, though, and it's time to get stuff done. This week: scrape the gunk off the floor of the Chevelle and scrub the bathroom. Good thing my workouts this week are lower-body focused. My arms are gonna be tired.
Speaking of tired, I am tired of having this song in my head. It's not an awful song, but it's going on three days now. DONE WITH THIS SONG.
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That recap pretty much fuckin' nailed it.
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WORST SPACE ROAD TRIP EVER JFC
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I had to go look stuff up and now I CAN'T STOP WATCHING THIS ASS! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0oqLDZ8JcI)
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His arched back makes me cringe, but his ass is like
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That macro-ed synopsis just makes me want to see that movie even more!
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That recap pretty much fuckin' nailed it.
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WORST SPACE ROAD TRIP EVER JFC
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I had to go look stuff up and now I CAN'T STOP WATCHING THIS ASS! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0oqLDZ8JcI)
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His arched back makes me cringe, but his ass is like
O_O
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That macro-ed synopsis just makes me want to see that movie even more!
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