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Old December 22nd, 2006, 10:49 AM posted to alt.support.diet
RCE
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Default Exercise addiction

Following an Oct 23rd visit to the Doc for a physical and being shocked at
my weight (260 lbs)
I committed to a diet and exercise program. I am fortunate to have a nicely
equipped gym in my house (it was formerly owned by a pro hockey player) and
I've been faithfully doing the treadmill thing and weight lifting every
morning. Between the diet and the exercise I've dropped 31 lbs so far.
However, after two months the treadmill was getting boring so I looked
around for another cardiovascular type machine to alternate to and bought a
Sole Elliptical.

I can do 3-4 miles on the treadmill at 3.8 - 4.0 mph at a 2.6 to 3.0 degree
incline with no problem.
I got on the new elliptical and even at a low resistance level after 5
minutes my legs were shaking, I was huffing and puffing and the heart
monitor reading was climbing alarmingly. This thing is going to take some
time getting used to. I also need to check with the Doc about a safe,
maximum heartrate to shoot for when using it. It's a very demanding machine
when compared to the treadmill.

Off to the gym room.

RCE


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Old December 22nd, 2006, 12:51 PM posted to alt.support.diet
Chris Braun
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Default Exercise addiction

On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 04:49:43 -0500, "RCE" wrote:

Following an Oct 23rd visit to the Doc for a physical and being shocked at
my weight (260 lbs)
I committed to a diet and exercise program. I am fortunate to have a nicely
equipped gym in my house (it was formerly owned by a pro hockey player) and
I've been faithfully doing the treadmill thing and weight lifting every
morning. Between the diet and the exercise I've dropped 31 lbs so far.
However, after two months the treadmill was getting boring so I looked
around for another cardiovascular type machine to alternate to and bought a
Sole Elliptical.

I can do 3-4 miles on the treadmill at 3.8 - 4.0 mph at a 2.6 to 3.0 degree
incline with no problem.
I got on the new elliptical and even at a low resistance level after 5
minutes my legs were shaking, I was huffing and puffing and the heart
monitor reading was climbing alarmingly. This thing is going to take some
time getting used to. I also need to check with the Doc about a safe,
maximum heartrate to shoot for when using it. It's a very demanding machine
when compared to the treadmill.

Off to the gym room.

RCE


A lot of this is about getting your body used to something different.
My DH used to just do the elliptical, and when he switched to the
treadmill he found it much more difficult.

But it's a good idea to learn what heartrate range is safe for you.
Heartrate training is an interesting subject. There are ranges that
are optimal for fat burning and others that are optimal for building
cardiac endurance. In both cases there are rough formulas for
calculating them based on one's age and gender, but they are in fact
different for each individual -- and they change as you build fitness.

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Old December 22nd, 2006, 05:02 PM posted to alt.support.diet
Del Cecchi
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Default Exercise addiction

RCE wrote:
Following an Oct 23rd visit to the Doc for a physical and being shocked at
my weight (260 lbs)
I committed to a diet and exercise program. I am fortunate to have a nicely
equipped gym in my house (it was formerly owned by a pro hockey player) and
I've been faithfully doing the treadmill thing and weight lifting every
morning. Between the diet and the exercise I've dropped 31 lbs so far.
However, after two months the treadmill was getting boring so I looked
around for another cardiovascular type machine to alternate to and bought a
Sole Elliptical.

I can do 3-4 miles on the treadmill at 3.8 - 4.0 mph at a 2.6 to 3.0 degree
incline with no problem.
I got on the new elliptical and even at a low resistance level after 5
minutes my legs were shaking, I was huffing and puffing and the heart
monitor reading was climbing alarmingly. This thing is going to take some
time getting used to. I also need to check with the Doc about a safe,
maximum heartrate to shoot for when using it. It's a very demanding machine
when compared to the treadmill.

Off to the gym room.

RCE


Yes, elliptical is or at least can be more demanding without seeming so.
When I use the one at rehab, it gets my heart rate up higher with
lower pain than a treadmill. And the readout of calorie consumption
seems to confirm what the heart rate is saying, in that the calories per
minute are higher.



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