Whatcha doing with your isolation?

[monster]

Originally Posted by glatt

Arlington County Virginia has just asked homeowners to please stop it with the spring cleaning during the Coronavirus lock down.

They are being completely overwhelmed with garbage pickup, and have announce that they will temporarily suspend collecting mattresses, furniture, and appliances.

I have to laugh because it's true. On our street everyone is doing heavy spring cleaning and Marie Kondo-ing all their shit. I grabbed a nice office chair being tossed out across the street. I needed one too, because the cushion on mine was breaking down. I left the trash picked chair on the front porch in the sun for a few days before bringing it inside. It's perfect. Gives good support without being too comfortable.

Yeah I was thinking all the thrift stores are going to be overwhelmed here when they reopen. Our trash collection will only take what's in your wheelie bin. Anything else you have to take to the landfill yourself and pay a fee. They don't get off the truck when they pick up.

[monster]

I just changed the filter in the furnace.

[limey]

So I went for walk yesterday round the "back" of our island. It's hard to tell which is nature's architecture and which is man-made...

Sent by magick

[glatt]

Originally Posted by limey

So I went for walk yesterday round the "back" of our island. It's hard to tell which is nature's architecture and which is man-made...

Sent by magick

That's so cool. I love your island!

[xoxoxoBruce]

Thanks for the tour Limey, looks like a bad place to be stumbling around in the dark, I was expecting to meet one of these guys.

[Flint]

So far, just dumbbells from 5-20 pounds for high reps, frequently throughout the day. But tonight I'll be setting up some higher weight dumbbells, and a couple of barbells for doing deadlifts, squats, bent-over rows, overhead triceps, upright rows, that kind of stuff.

[Flint]

Originally Posted by Flint

So far, just dumbbells from 5-20 pounds for high reps, frequently throughout the day. ... [a month ago]

Progress, getting strong. Last night I did deadlifts, shrugs, bent-over barbell rows, barbell/reverse/hammer curls. Heavy enough that it was hard to un-bend my fingers, and I got nauseous from lactic acid build up.

I'm stuffing myself with food to maximize hypertrophy while my body is reacting aggressively. If/when I get too strong for my connective tissues, I'll reduce the calories and start burning off my visceral fat.

Subcutaneous fat loss is not a goal, but it should come as a result of my base metabolism increase.

[Griff]

Good work man. I don't have the discipline for that.

[BigV]

This period of isolation is no walk in the park, I can tell you that.

[Griff]

Gorgeous Limey!

NYC is leaving the Parks open but closing some streets so people can walk and maintain their 6 foot gaps.

[glatt]

Closing parks is bullshit. Wide open spaces are the one place it's safe.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by glatt

Closing parks is bullshit. Wide open spaces are the one place it's safe.

You're absolutely correct.

[xoxoxoBruce]

The PA Turnpike is only 360.1 miles long, no reason not to close all the bathrooms.

[monster]

Parks are closed here too. I think the problem is people are tempted to bend the rules -it's a wide open space so it's ok to meet up.... and they're not very good at keeping a 2 meter distance

[monster]

Today I thoroughly let myself down. I got up early to do a big tidying/sorting job, and I also planned to go outside in the nice weather. I didn't even touch the big job (yet) and I was just stirring to go out and realized it's dark already I haven't left the house. I've done bits of pieces of tidying and cleaning here and there -some regular/routine, some monthly, some annual... but nothing remarkable. I just applied for a job. not a career job, but can't stop just because I have an interview..... soon I will will eligible for unemployment, so I must keep trying in case I do have to try again to apply. I wanted to plant seeds in the nice weather. didn't. And I didn't pay the health insurance that's due at the end of the month and needs to go by mail. Or set up the new printer. I'm working up to doing that right now, though

I did clean the bog, deep clean the shower doors, change the furnace filter, sort out the wrapping paper and ribbon/bow stash, cook linner for myself and the boys, do two loads of laundry, about to do the dishwasher....yada yada yada worried about my distant family members, tracked daughter's progress as she moved from her apartment to her boyfriend's parent's house in the panhandle before her county locks down tonight (gonna be a fun few weeks for her there...)

procrastinate much?