So far, this week I have gone to the gym every morning. AND, I exercised while I was there ;-).
I have walked on a treadmill alternating the speed so that I could increase my heart rate enough to call it an aerobic exercise. I usually will go for 10-15 minutes to get warmed up.
Then, this week, I have gotten on an elliptical machine for as long as I could stand it, which was about 6 minutes. That thing makes my legs hurt and my lungs wheeze! My heart rate will always go over 135 during that 6 minutes.
Next, I ride the stationary bicycle - my favorite. I will ride that for about 25 minutes. It, too, strains my legs some. Not in a injurious way, but in a muscle exercised kind of pain. It is good. It is getting me ready for when I take my bicycle on the River Trail. I would like to be able to go 15 miles in an hour along the Arkansas River.
While at the gym I also get in some resistance training (aka weight lifting). I usually will work on biceps, triceps and chest because the other machines have worked my legs so much. Forty-five minutes after starting, I am tired enough to call it quits. It is fun though.
Tuesday I overheard one guy telling another, "I have worked off enough calories that I can have a big cheeseburger for lunch today." Now, he said that like he knew exactly how many calories he had burned that morning. Interesting how we can keep up with that number and not keep up with the fact that a "big cheeseburger" will have more calories than one can use in a day's time (unless one is walking/running everywhere - all the time). I just thought it a bit odd.
I am feeling better about getting up early (5:01 a.m.) and getting exercise every day. What about you? What have you done to get moving this week?
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