trip thirty-three around the purple planet

Many thanks to the Publix at Twelve Oaks for the delicious paczki!
Happy Mardi Gras to them and to me and to everyone!
This year, I bought a box of apple pastries for me, plus another of those,
and one of custard-filled, for Mister Willie.
Hopefully, I'll get those to him tomorrow... so I won't eat them all!
(smile!)

Part of my reason for leaving my house today was to get the doughnuts.
Specifically, I knew I had a palindromic odometer reading nigh and wanted it
to coincide with a meaningful location.
After all, I'd found a penny after completing my routine at PF last night.
So, the penny had caught my attention with its right place, right time vibe.
Then, as I pulled into my driveway, I noticed the odometer: 212208.
Just another four miles to the palindrome, I'd thought.
Now, where did I want to be for that magic click over?

I had thought it would occur at the grocery store, but no.
That reading was only 212210.
Decidedly not enchanting.
Back to home would be too far and I'd miss the magic moment.
Mister Willie's house, like mine, was too far and not the place to go.
Well, I thought, the penny had been at Planet Fitness...
and I had my change of clothes and my shoes in the car...
and the time of day was near my usual afternoon outing there...
so, that's where I headed!
I think I may have made it fair and square, too, but I was too busy driving to check.
The photograph of 212212 was snapped at the red light at Waters and Stephenson.
I think if I had gone up Abercorn to Stephenson, I might have saved a tenth or two
and made it a legit arrival at the purple planet's parking lot.
Close enough for me!
(smile!)

Plus, this was my thirty-third trip to that site!
That's a palindromic number, too!
I'm not saying this is my 33rd time of working my program there - not at all.
This is only the 32nd time I've done any sweating on those premises.
(smile)
Today was different, though.
Today, I actually talked to the personnel there about the machines.
Good thing that I did!
My program has been making some progress, but I was wanting to streamline it.
After all, did I need to use both the Hammer Strength MTS Iso-lateral Row as well as
the regular Row?
Just what was the difference, if the same muscle groups were working in both?
And why was it that with the former machine I had it set to 20 pounds, but the latter
could be worked at ten pounds more and was easier to use?
Well, there was a reason for that difference.
Unbeknownst to me, the weights on the MTS machines, set for each side (i.e., lateral),
are to be combined if working both arms (or legs) together instead of singly.
In other words, for the Hammer Strength MTS Row, set at 20 pounds per arm, I have
actually been lifting 40 pounds, as I was working both arms simultaneously.
No wonder that machine took more effort than the 30 pounds on the Row machine!
So, basically, I have to keep in mind that if the machine requires me to adjust two sets of weights, but I am using both arms together, than I must add those two weights to get the
true total mass.
Knowledge is power to cause change for the better.
Sounds like I need to reassess my program and determine which machines to keep using.
That's a good project for this rainy, chilly week!
(smile)