Another milestone passed
Jan. 9th, 2002 03:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hkellickI passed a new milestone in my voyage to fitness and health today: I jogged.. for half an hour. (Normally, I'd have walked, but.. well.. I'll let the story unfold).
There's some history to this and I'd like to discuss it.
As many of you, Somewhere in I THINK September, the gym had closed for a day. These were the days that I majorly sweated the idea of missing a day of working out. So I figured it was warm enough, I'd jog and run around the pond behind my house.
Big mistake.
I was stiff for like two days running and really out of breath the whole night and day after.
I swore off jogging and running forever.
Fast forward a couple months...about a month ago, The usual routine was walking for half an hour on the treadmill than doing half an hour on the elliptical. I dunno.. I was bored, I was energetic.. but I leveled the treadmill and just started jogging. I think I lasted five minutes before I had to give up and go back to walking.
Fast forward again to yesterday... yesterday I watched as they took my two favorite treadmills away and replaced them with newer gadgets. Problem.. they're the king that have these "wings" at the side. That seriously cramps arm movements if you're just walking. So the choice is... be very careful and walk, jog, or never use the treadmills again.
Keep in mind the longest I've ever jogged, to date, was 5 minutes. (not counting when i swore off jogging and running because that tended more towards running than jogging and was, probably in reality, more walking than both)
So I decided to try to jog. See how long I could do it.
Went back to an old strategy I had when I first started using the treadmill... 7 1/2 minutes of jogging, take a drink and catch my breath, another 7 1/2 minutes etc.
Basically eke out 30 minutes with three breaks.
It worked.
Imagine my joy (once I get over being stiff and exhausted) at being able to pull of an entire half hour of jogging. I honestly feel like I passed a milestone here.
*does a dance*
That's all I can think of to say.
Ciao all!
There's some history to this and I'd like to discuss it.
As many of you, Somewhere in I THINK September, the gym had closed for a day. These were the days that I majorly sweated the idea of missing a day of working out. So I figured it was warm enough, I'd jog and run around the pond behind my house.
Big mistake.
I was stiff for like two days running and really out of breath the whole night and day after.
I swore off jogging and running forever.
Fast forward a couple months...about a month ago, The usual routine was walking for half an hour on the treadmill than doing half an hour on the elliptical. I dunno.. I was bored, I was energetic.. but I leveled the treadmill and just started jogging. I think I lasted five minutes before I had to give up and go back to walking.
Fast forward again to yesterday... yesterday I watched as they took my two favorite treadmills away and replaced them with newer gadgets. Problem.. they're the king that have these "wings" at the side. That seriously cramps arm movements if you're just walking. So the choice is... be very careful and walk, jog, or never use the treadmills again.
Keep in mind the longest I've ever jogged, to date, was 5 minutes. (not counting when i swore off jogging and running because that tended more towards running than jogging and was, probably in reality, more walking than both)
So I decided to try to jog. See how long I could do it.
Went back to an old strategy I had when I first started using the treadmill... 7 1/2 minutes of jogging, take a drink and catch my breath, another 7 1/2 minutes etc.
Basically eke out 30 minutes with three breaks.
It worked.
Imagine my joy (once I get over being stiff and exhausted) at being able to pull of an entire half hour of jogging. I honestly feel like I passed a milestone here.
*does a dance*
That's all I can think of to say.
Ciao all!
Re: congrats!
Date: 2002-01-09 11:17 pm (UTC)Nope, sorry. Too expensive. Can I send you $19.95 instead?
Re: congrats!
Date: 2002-01-10 06:45 am (UTC)Gotta break a sweat, tho...
Well, it's slightly more complicated than that... it's supposed to be that if you can do what yer doing and breathe normally, you're probably not working hard enough but if you can't work out and talk at the same time, you're probably working too hard.
Anyways, I highly recommend it.
Plus, it can be great for relieving work related stress.
Just wake up at 11:30 instead of 12:00, work out for half an hour, and THEN go to work.
Or something like that.