Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

I picked up a package at the post office this afternoon. As I'd guessed, it was from lisajulie. I am now the happy owner of a nice heavy cleaver and a nice thick slice of gingerbread. I shall not apply the former to the latter, but I don't know yet what I shall apply it to.

Other than that, it's too cold out, I went to the gym anyway, and I'm re-purpling my hair even as I type. The advantage of working out at off-hours is that the trainers may notice, and say something, if I'm making a mistake: in this case, I was letting my knees lock while doing leg presses. (Turns out, when I fixed it, that the reason this is such a common error is that it's easier that way.)

Cardio, 33 minutes, top hear rate 142.
Calf machine, 60 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Bench press, 60 pounds, 12, 12, 10
Seated leg curl, 90 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Tricep pulldown, 45 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Wrist curl, 30 pounds, 3 sets of 15
Adjustable row, 100 pounds, 12, 12, 15 (I distracted myself thinking about puzzles and "grade levels" for reading, and my default automatic count of reps is to 15)

Crunches, 4 sets of 20
Back arches, 2 sets of 16
Back arch/lift with physio ball, 2 sets of 16
Yoga tree, 4 sets of (2 on each leg). I mostly had my foot above my knee and my arms in on these. Go me

Bicep curls, 35-pound bar, 3 sets of 15
Leg press, 240 pounds, 12, 9 [hiatus while I did the next two exercises], another 12
Hip adduction, 110 pounds, 3 sets of 13
Hip abduction, 95 pounds, 2 sets of 12
Assisted chin-up, 8

(Damn! I forgot to stretch!)