Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Bike machines aren't for me

Well, I did a whole lot of not much over the weekend. I cleaned like a crazy person, and put together three pieces of furniture from IKEA. I mention that because, well, I'm sore. I guess it was the crawling around on my knees and hammering for a couple of hours. More proof I need to do something about my muscles!

Monday I tried to go to the strength/cardio class called Triple Fit that Amy, friendly gym buddy, told me about. I got there a little late, due to work. And when I got to the room, they had already started. :(  Since I have never been to the class, I didn't want to walk in on it. You need equipment and I wouldn't have known what to get. I did run into Amy after the class. They way she and her friends were talking about it, I am most certain that it is going to be an ass-whooping hard class.

Since I had worn a "fitness bra" let's call it (one that isn't supportive enough for me to run in) I couldn't hit a dreadmill. So I walked around looking for a bike that didn't look like a granny bike. I finally found one, occupied. So I walked on a treadmill for 15 minutes until the person was off. It was a weird bike. I chose a hill interval program, set it for 30 minutes, level 10 out of 20, and got to sweating. I think it was a good workout, but lame. Wouldn't choose to do it again, but it was better than just walking the entire time. So, here are the brief details, in keeping with my leg pain investigation.

30 minute bike interval: hills
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Breakfast: don't remember

Pre-bike:
- Walked for 15 minutes at a 2.5 incline.
- Lower legs started to hurt a little. 2 out of 10.
- Noted my heart rate was usually 128.

Bike:
- Series of hard hill pushes with brief rests - 3 main climbs.

Post-bike:
- Nothing. Hit the showers.

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