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Eisboch wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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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.
Harry,
A couple of years ago I had some problems with one of my knees. I think I
strained or otherwise injured it somehow but the result was that it swelled
up almost to the size of a soccer ball. Being stubborn about these things,
I never went to see a doctor and limped around for about 6 months until the
swelling finally went down and the pain slowly went away.
It has not bothered me at all with the elliptical, but I had already dropped
quite a few pounds before I got it. I still find the elliptical to be more
of a strenuous workout compared to the treadmill, but no problems with any
joints. I often split the daily workout to 30 minutes on the elliptical at
a fairly aggressive resistance program followed by 30 or 40 minutes on the
treadmill at a more relaxed pace. Today I was a little more ambitious and
did a total of 6.4 miles between the two of them.
I am looking forward to better weather. I plan to do some bike riding to
occasionally substitute the indoor exercises.
17 lbs in a month is pretty good. I don't know how many "extra" pounds you
have been carrying, but the exercise gets much easier as you get rid of it.
Eisboch
Too many extra pounds. :}
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