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I'm awake and at work. I feel like I should get some kind of credit for that. Mostly for the 'awake' part.

On a related note it turns out the reason the espresso-based drinks I've been making for myself ever since getting a Moka pot for Christmas haven't been waking me up as much as I'd like is that espresso contains more caffeine per volume than drip coffee or French press coffee, but has a small serving size, so a double shot of espresso has basically the same amount of caffeine, around 120-130 mg, as eight ounces of Murrican coffee. Ordinary Murrican coffee. The kind brewed at home. As opposed to, say, Starbucks, where a grande iced coffee- my most common order- has 165 mg caffeine and a cold brew with milk has 200 mg... or as opposed to Dunkin Donuts, my next most common spot to stop, where it's 297 mg of caffeine in the medium iced coffee.

(source: https://www.caffeineinformer.com/complete-guide-to-dunkin-donuts-caffeine-content , https://www.caffeineinformer.com/the-complete-guide-to-starbucks-caffeine)

I knew Sbux brewed their coffee strong but I didn't know it was that potent. Or that Dunkin Donuts was like that.

I believe my doctor would suggest I stick to my own coffee where possible.

Today's numbers:

Ironborn, day 2: back and biceps. 14.5 lb dumbbells for the curls, upright rows, and bent-over rows. 9 lb. barbells for the bent-over flys. 19.5 lb. dumbbells for the deadlifts and shrugs.
Gladiator challenge, day 9: 3 sets of 14 lunges each, 20 sec. rest between sets.
Ten Thousand Punches challenge, day 2: 180 punches. Divided them into 3 sets, so that's 180 punches plus fifteen pushups. NB: I have never yet succeeded at the pushups they do on TV and in the movies, where you start at full height, lower yourself so your sternum is an inch or so off the floor, then push back up again. Mine have usually started from lying on the floor and end with me resting on the floor for a second or less before the next pushup. Today was the first time I started a pushup set from full height and lowered myself down. This is a minor thing but to me it's fairly big. Also, for the record, I do the straight-legged pushups where my knees come off the ground with the rest of me.
Wall Sit challenge, day 9: 1 minute 20 seconds. Legs were shaking but I managed, plus there's the part where I was able to hold the phone up at arm's length the entire time so I could watch the timer on my mp3 player until I hit my target.

Tomorrow is leg day on the Ironborn challenge and punches day in the gladiator one. I will not be counting the gladiator punches against the ten thousand punches challenge. I may attempt the stairs so that I can start getting ready for March 30th and the Fight For Air Climb, assuming I have the time to do so.