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This Machine Hurts
I have been relatively silent the last few days because I have rediscovered the gym. Yesterday I got home from swim practice and where I would usually hop on and do a few posts, I came home and crashed.
Since last Monday I have dropped 5 pounds and am up to 10 minutes on the elliptical machine that I have added to my cardio workout.
So far, I have not lost a lot on the stationary bike, I do about 30-40 minutes on there and last Tuesday I started doing the elliptical by doing 5 minutes. Each day since I have added 30 seconds to it. Today I did 10 minutes on the thing.
For those of you who use this piece of equipment you know where I am coming from when I say it is a bear. I am sore from the limited time I have been on it so far and after 10 minutes today I feel it, especially in my shoulders and thorax.
I figure if I am ever going to make a serious run at getting myself swimming again and potentially competitive, this device needs to be a part of my daily dry land routine to get my arms involved and conditioned. I figure if I can take off about 40-50 pounds, I can start thinking about a return to the pool, until then I need to strengthen, slim down and condition the cardiovascular system.
Ill give updates as I progress.
Good work Mike, keep it up.
My goal is 40 to 50 pounds as well. I am down about 10 pounds over the last 3 weeks and I do the elliptical and the treadmill. I have found in the past that the stationary bike just doesn't do it for me.
Don't forget to do some weights to keep up your metabolism!
Good Luck
Yeah, its a huge difference from the Stationary bike. The ultimate goal for me is to get back in the pool and swim more than anything else and the Elliptical seems to be the faster way there, though I have been splitting time between the eliptical and stationary to get a full hour of cardio in.
The weights I spend about 15 minutes on after and keep them basic usually lat pull downs, flys, bicep curls, tris, bench and shoulder press and keep it low weight, 20 reps.
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