Over the holidays I got a recumbant (stationary) bike. Since walking long distances with Lance and the dog kills my back, I thought that getting some kind of exercise machine would be good for me. (For those of you that don't know, last summer I found out that I have a bulged disk in my lower back). I'm not a huge fan of treadmills (we don't have enough room for one of them anyway) and the eliptical machines have never excited me, so I thought that the bike would be the best way to go.
I haven't really, truly exercised in a few years, so I didn't think that I'd be able to do much at first with the bike. To my surprise, I was finding myself doing 3 miles a day from the very first day...with resistance! It was such a good workout and I was really loving the bike. How awesome it is to be able to exercise while catching up on my TV shows that I miss during the week.
Starting this week, I decided that I'm going to step up my routine. I'm doing the same program with the same resistance but I'm doing it twice a day, meaning that I'm now up to 6 miles per day. I'm now getting up at 5:15am to do 3 miles and then I'm doing another 3 miles at night.
It burns, but it feels SOOOOO good! I'm pretty proud of myself, too. I didn't think that I would have worked up to this as early as I have. In roughly two months, I've doubled my distance.
Now my goal is to work up to 12 miles per day by summer. Wish me luck!
3 comments:
Good job, babe! I'm glad you found an exercise that you like! I have mine, but it's weather sensitive!
Hi Kirsti, I admire anyone who sticks to an exersize routine for more than a week. Haha. Keep up the good work.
Thanks guys! =)
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