[Orema]

Originally Posted by Gemme

Holy crap! I did it, y'all! I finally got back into the gym and it wasn't a complete sh*t show!

I started with my old and trusted friend, the elliptical. I did 35 minutes including the cool down. 235 calories burned (so they say but we all know that figure isn't correct), 2.38 miles (of which I am confident) and a 14:43 pace. I started the first half at level 1 and then split the remaining time between levels 2 and 3.

I initially started on a moderate burn program that required my heart rate to be monitored but it couldn't register it regularly enough so it switched me to a manual program a few minutes in. I also created enough energy to power a light bulb for 2 whole minutes. lol

From there, I moved onto the low row aka the seated row.



So, I did not follow that form exactly and did more of an extended row but I think I might try the one handed row next time. You learn something new every day!

I did 4 sets of 15 at 25lbs for the row.

Then, I walked around until I found the water rower. I love this thing! It's very Zen for me. I find the sound of the water swishing around soothing and when I get into a steady rhythm, almost meditative. The one thing I don't like is that it doesn't give me enough time to log my stats before clearing the screen. I'm going to have to remember to take a picture of it with my phone next time.

Anyway, I did 10 minutes on it. I'm not entirely sure what all of this means....not the terms, but what my numbers mean for my performance...but I had a stroke rate of 21, the distance was 1680 meters and the intensity was 3.15. Again, I don't know exactly what this means for me specifically so I'll have to look into that but I used a full range of motion and engaged my abs the whole time so I suspect that my tummy will be slightly tender tomorrow, which is a good thing.



I had to stop at that point. I was getting shaky. I only intended to be at the gym for about half and hour so all I ate pre-workout was a small banana and about 1/3 of a tsp of reduced fat peanut butter with a glass of water and I used all of that fuel up. I wound up being there about an hour.

It's a very good start back!

That's great news! So glad you had a good start. You inspire me to kick my exercise up a notch!

I had a nice ride today. 5 miles in 24 minutes.