The General Climbs Back on the Stairmaster
Wow, am I ever out of shape. I did 15 minutes on the Stairmaster this morning, and it was much more strenuous than it was supposed to be. And that was on level 3 (on a 1-10 scale). I know the progress will come pretty quick there, but still… I was out of shape three years ago and doing 30 minutes on level 5. Oh well…just another mountain to climb, I suppose. In fairness, it was made more difficult that I did it before I ate breakfast and had no recent food-energy going for me, but that was by design; I know that exercise before you eat in the morning is a little more friendly in terms of burning fat.
Went to the Elk Creek Steakhouse with the in-laws last night, and went with the blackened chicken salad. Props to the wife for pointing it out on the specials menu and saving my midsection from being ravaged by a filet mignon. Yes, this is officially bizarro world.
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4 Responses to “The General Climbs Back on the Stairmaster”
1 The Monk 20 December 2006 @ 1:41 pm
Good choice with the chicken salad at the Elk Creek. I’m sure the poop to food ratio was much lower with that meal than my last visit there.
2 The Captain 20 December 2006 @ 1:53 pm
I joined a gym today, so I’ll start that soon myself. I have to opt for the treadmill, though — the Stairmaster will blow me knees completely out of my legs.
I may start out walking a few miles, work my way up to running, then to lifting some.
3 The Monk 20 December 2006 @ 2:01 pm
I’ve been trying to log a few minutes on the treadmill every day but not nearly enough to qualify as real exercise. I wanna see how far diet will take me before I get to running a couple of miles a day and lifting. Probably a couple of weeks or when I hit 205. Which, ironically, should be in a couple of weeks.
4 The Pirate 20 December 2006 @ 2:51 pm
I am sticking to the walks on a local Greenway or we have a couple of miles worth of trails at a nature center just outside of town. Nothing but the deer, turkeys, and me. Very nice. I am going to join the Y after the holidays to start getting some racquetball time in as well. Lifting weights, stairmasters, and treadmills are all very painful and should be avoided at all costs.
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