Vacation is over and I am back at work in my home office. And working on re-establishing a healthy, sustainable everyday routine.

Eric recently saw a kettlebell at a sports store! We seem to be past the worst of the quarantine shortage of weights. There was exactly one kettlebell in the whole store, and at 24 kg, it just happened to be the perfect weight for me. I’m not going to build up a whole home gym (no room for it) and I intend to make do with just the one weight for the foreseeable future. 24 kg is usable for squats and lifts as well as swings. I’m glad this one and only kettlebell was green and not pink, for example.

In this fine weather, I do my workout out on the grass. The grass feels nice, warm, firm without being hard like a floor, and wonderfully grippy for bare feet. I’ve always done my workouts barefoot and while bare feet are nicer than shoes in almost all ways, it can be harder to get a good grip on smooth gym floors for things like side plank variations. The slightly bumpy ground here in the garden is perfect.

On the flip side, grass is itchy to lie on with a bare neck and shoulders, or when I get my face too close to it. But this view during my hip lifts is pretty darn nice.