JimH wrote:
An update on your encounters with the elliptical monster is long overdue.
;-)



Oi!

I'm up to seven minutes on the torture device before my knees burst into
flames. The rest of me is doing okay on the machine...no pains anywhere
else, no shortness of breath, et cetera. I am up to 45 minutes on our
treadmill. My wife sez if I keep at it, I'll work up my endurance on the
ellliptical, and she's right, because when I started three to four
minutes was all I could tolerate.

One morning while she was sleeping, I went for a walk on the beach and
walked for two and a half hours in one direction before turning around.
I couldn't have done that six months ago.

I've dropped 17 pounds in the last month.

There have been other positive changes I won't discuss here.

The elliptical is brutal if you have knee problems. It takes a long time
to build up tolerance.