Upper Body Day

Yesterday was upper body day at the gym. As good as it feels to work out, mostly it was nice just to be out of work for an hour.

Here's a work-out tip: when doing pull-ups, have one hand over the bar (the traditional pull-up position) and one hand under the bar (the traditional chin-up position). Because of the uneven force you generate like this, your core gets engaged to stabilize your body during the exercise. Try it: you'll feel the muscles across the chest and abs working, in addition to the arms and shoulders.
Then do a second set with the hands reversed. That gives you an extra mindfulness boost to concentrate on which hand was which.