As seen at the UW gym:
If you can't read it, the three "construction season" rules on the lower left are 1.Drink water, 2.Clean up your sweat and 3. Wear shoes. I can attest that the first two are important because the gym does not have air conditioning. It's not soooo bad in the morning, but by the afternoon the place is a sauna. You could charge $15 an hour and call it Bikram's weight training. We're talking so much sweat that you can slide around on the floor. Which, although I've never actually seen anyone come in barefoot, explains the importance of rule #3.
Two other exciting developments from gymland are:
1. They got new towels!!! At the UW gym, you can buy a towel one time and then swap it out after you take a shower, but as you can imagine these are some of the smallest, roughest, dingiest towels you've ever seen. You can't even wrap one of the old ones around your torso while you walk to the shower. You just have to hold it up in front of you and not get too bent out of shape because you are about to take a shower with eight grandmas (Hi, 6:30am senior fitness class) anyway. BUT the new towels are still relatively soft and white and are long enough to wrap around your entire body. Feels just a little bit more like I'm working out at a gym and not a minimum security prison.
2. I did a 150lb deadlift. Three singles, actually. And PS, I'm up to three reps at 105 on the bench press. Not that I'm trying to brag... :)
Back to signs of spring- our cherry tree is blooming! I heart you, cherry tree.
And because spring is all about new beginnings, I want to say congrats to Jamie on hers.
Check out the sweet animal print cake:
And now it's time to run!
