how I survived the physique 57 workout: salt scrubs, candles, bogie and bacall

Today, I struggled with showering, sudden movements and hoisting myself out of bed. Four days a week in the gym and I’m practically in traction. Calling out for Depends, Bengay and Metamucil. The culprit? Physique 57 and the litany of torture devices employed during my workout. Make no mistake – I loved my workout, I’m just feeling its affects. Although my muscles are taut and I’m feeling strong, I’m taking it easy. It’s a TCM on Demand kind of afternoon with a string of Bogie and Bacall classics, takeout pizza, soothing candles and scrubs.

My obsession of the moment? Naturally Upper Canada’s Coarse Salt Scrub in Pressed Olive Avocado ($14.99). You can’t afford to not have this bath and body scrub in your life. Free of parabens and synthetics, and formulated with mineral rich dead sea salt, this body scrub provides the ultimate exfoliation while it soothes and remineralizes the skin leaving it cashmere soft and nourished. I’m smitten with the cool, clean scent, the unctuous mass of smoothing salts that quell the sorest of muscles in the hottest of showers.

As snow trickled down like confetti, I lay supine and took in the 1947 classic, Dark Passage while the whole of my living room was perfumed in luscious figs, rose, amber, and a hint of citrusy, yet astringent, lemongrass. The lazy afternoon was made that much more inviting with Infusion Organique’s Buddha Fig Candle ($38) illuminating the room. From the delicate floral glass to the even burn and subtle scent, you will crave chocolate babka, the curtains drawn, and a black and white movie flickering on the small screen. Toss in some convenience takeout and a blanket and the road to recovery is suddenly in full view.

Permit me a minor digression? Remember when characters used to be called players? And actors had a presence and men were gentlemen, and women were dignified, sophisticated ladies? Perhaps I’m sickened by the likes of a Jersey Shore-obsessed society, but I spent today traveling back in time, recovering from an epic, core-conditioning workout. Remembering when art was plentiful and garbage was kept in dumpsters.

The delicious candle and scrub were sent for potential review/feature.

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