The babe got up early this morning, and so did I. She fell asleep again, though, and I did not. The husband was leaving to take Max on a walk. So I came up with an ingenious idea of doing a workout outdoors on the deck. With Beat the Bridge and the U-District Street Fair going on today, I had pretty much given up on any chance of going to the gym. Plus, it’s beautiful out today, and I recall the idiocy I felt last weekend when I drove to the gym to lift on such a nice day.

So, I warmed up by running up and down the basement stairs a dozen times or so. Tabata squats for four minutes, and then …

• DB Squats: 1 x 10 @ 20. 3 x 10 @ 25
• DB Shoulder Press on ball 3 x 10 @ 20
• DB Lunges, 3 x 10 @ 20.
• DB Rows on ball , 3 x 10 @ 20
• Ball crunches, 3 x 40

Green Lake path via flickr

I alternated shoulder press & lunges, and rows & crunches. Little or no rest in between sets, but  I did rest in between the two exercise chunks, like last time, if that makes sense. By this time, the husband had returned from the Max walk, and the babe had woken up again. I put her in her bouncer and tried to do some plank work (Plank 60 seconds. Side plank 30 seconds each side. I’m working my way back to where I was a year ago). I fed the babe then packed her up and hit Green Lake for a 3-mile walk. We got there around 8:45. I thought I would miss the crowd this early, but on a day like today it was already hopping. Fortunately it was hopping with the serious runners/walkers, and not the lollygaggers that clog up the path later on in the day. I was passed by a mother pushing twins while walking her yellow lab. Curses! But, I did do a workout before I got there, so I let her pass. No other strollers would pass me by, though! And they didn’t.

Home by 10 a.m. Not bad. Now I’m trying to figure out how else to spend the rest of this beautiful day. Enjoying it while it lasts!