P joined me for a workout yesterday. On those Sundays when the man-cub has Jujitsu I like to sneak in an extra workout — P joined me for one of those. It was good to have her company.

She did all the circuits that I did, though, she modified them a bit to keep from over doing it since this was essentially the first work out in a while. She and D have been fairly regular in their walks and I’m glad of that. As with all working couples with kids it is hard to sneak time out for “dates”. And perhaps not the most romantic, yet, I was glad to share the gym with her and coach her on stuff.

I like to warm up with intervals on the treadmill (if I’m indoors) so 15 minutes of that to start with. Then P moved over to the Gravitron which is a cool machine for doing assisted pull ups and dips, and she paired that with Good Mornings. We moved over to the Squat rack and the Incline Bench Press and did reversing pyramids on those two exercises, which means 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 of one while the other goes, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. We set up a medi-ball to squat down too so that we were going deep, well past parallel. Then back to the treadmills for another 15 minutes of intervals. And then we finished with another circuit — popularly known as “core”:

Farmers Walk
4 Way Neck Machine
Standing Cable Crunches
Diagonal Plate Raises
Farmers Walk

Roll outs
Good mornings

Then I dropped her off at D’s house and they walked 3.5 miles. I was really happy to see her feeling so energetic after just a week off from the chemo.