I’ve made a lot of progress at the gym. When I first started working out 3 weeks ago, I could only manage 30 minutes on a stationary bike 4 days a week.
I even said the following then:
The cardio is going to consist of a mix between eliptical and the stationary bike, but for now it’s the stationary bike; the elliptical machine is known in diet circles as “Le Death.”
Puhlease. If I were a soldier, the elliptical would be my M-16 rifle. Below is the gym routine I’ve been on for a few days and will continue to be on for a while:
Monday: 45 minutes, level 8 (out of 20)
Tuesday: 45 minutes
Wednesday: 60 minutes
Thursday: 45 minutes
Friday: 45 minutes + weight lifting
You might have noticed I’ve reduced lifting weights to only one day a week. With my size, it’s more important to do strictly cardio right now so I can lose as much weight as quickly as possible. As I lose more weight and begin to approach a more “reasonable” 250 or so, I’ll begin adding a serious weight training program back into the mix.
I can do my currenr routine (above) fairly easily. I sweat, which is great, but I’m not about to die when I’m finished. To give you perspective, the first time I got on the elliptical (a few days after joining the gym) I could only do 10 minutes at level 5. I’m still overweight, but I know I’m getting physically fit.
While my routine is only “mandatory” 5 days a week, I have still gone once a weekend since I started. I went Saturday night and burned just shy of 1,000 calories on the elliptical in 60 minutes (45 mins burns 750).
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I was curious with all of th elliptical work outs does your does feet get numb. Mine does and a few of my friends also. Did you get a lot of charile horses when you began working out.?