Today was one of those days where things were still working, and working well, so long as you knew how to adjust your plans.
Morning workout was Circuit Day, with a new exercise that really gets the core working, the Kettle Bell Keg Lift. This one was a little hard because you are supposed to be on your knees, and I have bad knees, but I was able to double up my foam pad at the gym and get through it!
With my reading, it has been interesting getting through a large portion of the book, Blink. I’ve been reading examples of how people have used thin slicing in various scenarios, proving how snap judgements have been discovered to be the most accurate at times because they are able to cut out extraneous information as well! Where doctors were considering so many factors with heart patients, when one doctor took the time to boil all the information down into a database, he found that there really were only 4 main factors to look at. If you answered these 4 questions you could diagnose heart attacks with 85 percent accuracy! They found however that after this discovery, most doctors couldn’t trust the system developed for a long time. They just “knew” that there had to be more to it. Then one hospital used it, and was able to accurately diagnose thousands of cardiac patients because of it. Some crazy stuff! The hospital now has a framed copy of the methodology on it’s wall. The cardiac health industry has adjusted and moved on from their initial fear.
Afternoon cardio didn’t originally happen as the park that I use had pouring down rain, and with my cough that I’ve had going out and walking in the cold and rain for an hour would not have been a healthy choice for me, so had to put it on hold. Got all of my other errands and tasks completed and got a bunch of my reading caught up, then headed home. Once I got my part of dinner set up, I was able to run off and put in an hour at the gym, or was I? I had to wait 15 minutes when I first got there because every treadmill in the gym was being used. Once a good machine opened up and started my 60 minutes Ruck with a 30 lb. pack on. Again, I was able to Adjust and Move On!