Today, I started out with a 25 minute spin bike session down in the lower floor at the Y. I’m getting my cycling certification next month and will be picking up some extra classes. One of the other cycling instructors gave me a crash course in using the technology and working the displays to show speed/watts/etc for the class participants. My hope is to gamify it in some fun way and combine it with some bootcamp type exercises that will give a solid workout. My daughter was such a good sport and let me practice on her. She’s a mood measure on how much fun something will be. Stay tuned for details around this party.
Since my physical therapist wanted me to “warm up” my knee prior to running, this was perfect.
The treadmill was hard.
It was hard not from a cardio perspective, I’ve retained my fitness levels for the most part, but from a concentration perspective. Every step was a struggle between my brain and body working together. Walking is NOT running. Just like my brain had to sort out the new geometry for my walking stride, it is now having to work that out for my running stride.
30 second intervals at a 4.5 MPH pace followed with 90 seconds walking at 3.5, and then repeated until 1 mile was done. 1 mile done in 16:27. During that 1 mile, there were about 3 times that I had to grab the handrails and step to the side. My brain and leg lost sync with each other and I just felt like I was about to fall.
I’m going to try again in 3 days and I’m pretty sure it will be better. Stay tuned…