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Tuesday 12/28/21: 5.32 Miles

Day 2 of working out is done and only 2 days left of exercising in 2021!

Today's Evening Workout:

  • 5.32 miles on the elliptical in 28:12 minutes; ten-minute warmup at resistance level 9, then 13:35 minutes doing intervals at resistance level 8, and the rest of the time was at resistance level 9.
    • 10 intervals using the Gym Boss Interval Timer; 20 seconds high intensity/fast, followed by 1 minute at a cool-down/slower pace. 
  • Second day of watching 'Roberta' from 1935, starring Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Randolph Scott.
    • Today's movie segment included the song 'I'll Be Hard to Handle'!
      • IMDb Movie Outline: An American jazzman and his buddy woo a Russian princess and a fake countess in Paris.

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