Bluelantern

I try and go walking regularly. It's free, easy to do, and let's you explore your local community or zone out and listen to music/podcasts. There's the recent "Japanese Walking Method" that's a type of interval training: 3 minute fast walk to about 70% effort, followed by 3 minute relaxed walking pace. Repeat for 5 rounds or 30 minutes total. This works well to elevate my heart rate without adding a ton of stress on my body. There's also the Norwegian 4x4, that's supposed to be the gold standard but takes a large toll on the body. But I just haven't worked up to that yet.

Brand doesn't matter. Wear whatever clothes is reasonable (don't workout naked!), and comfortable for you. If you want shorts with zippered pockets, then look for that. Typically I'll wear a tank top/t-shirt, shorts and sneakers. If you're just starting out, what's more important is that you show up at the gym consistently. You want to go regularly so that you body can adapt and get stronger over time. This means going when your motivation is low, going when you're busy, going when you're feeling lazy, and going once again after you stopped going for a bit.

I've tried both over the years. It doesn't make a big difference either way. Typically nowadays I don't wear gloves since I most work out at home with adjustable dumbbells. However depending on the gym, if the bars/weights are older, rusty and not well maintained, then I'll toss on a pair just to be a bit safer.

I've been playing Bini's Week 2 Coachella performance on repeat. I watched the livestream week 1 and it was the first time I really listened to their songs. I was really impressed. Their 45 minute set flew by, and I became a fan.

Holy cow. With Jimmy Butler out for the season with a torn ACL. With Moses Moody out for the season with a torn patellar tendon. Quinton Post has been out for a while with a foot injury. Yet somehow this team beats out the Clippers in the Play-Ins. Draymond locks up Kawhi. Porzingis goes for 20, Horford knocks down 4/7 3s, Gui gets 20 and Steph does Steph things and gets 35 despite coming back from being out with runner's knee for 2 months. Absolute madness!

OOF. Jimmy Butler's torn ACL is pretty much the end of the season. Best case as constructed is Round 2 of the Playoffs if we're super lucky. It's gonna be pretty interesting to see what the front office does after this. Will they still trade off Kuminga? Can they offload Jimmy or just have to wait until he returns in a year? Everything is still on a timer with Curry's age increasing despite being awarded as an All-Star once again this year.