I bought an Elliptical!!!!!

[Native Vail Gal]

OMG! That's it! How'd I do? :ROTF:

 

[Robyn]

You're up to 5 minutes girly!

 

[Native Vail Gal]

5 minutes! :cheer:

Progress......

I burned 29 calories! :ROTF:
Time for some Cookie Dough!

 

[SueNJ]

5 minutes! :cheer:

Progress......

I burned 29 calories! :ROTF:
Time for some Cookie Dough!

:ROTF::ROTF::ROTF::ROTF: Nothing like ending the work day with a good laugh!

 

[oragejuice]

So.....

If I'm watching TV (so I don't get bored...) I crank out two hours on those things.

Atleast an hour, 5 days a week, when I was in high school. Waiting for PT to kick in on my knee so I can start up again!

 

[tradygirl]

I also have a Concept2 rower at home, and I am TOTALLY ADDICTED to it. Rowers are the best all-body workout you can get besides swimming.

LOVE love love love rowing! It's the best cardio workout I've found inside a gym, hands-down. Builds core strength and power output, burns massive calories, and it's easy to do really cool interval workouts. Did you buy your Concept 2 new? A C2 is one of the only cardio machines I would ever buy, but they're so expensive! Someday, when I'm rich and famous...

Congrats on the elliptical, K! It's my second favorite stationary machine. :D Tomorrow, you're going to OWN 6 minutes.

 

[Native Vail Gal]

So.....

If I'm watching TV (so I don't get bored...) I crank out two hours on those things.

Ok....so you're like 30 years younger than me! :D
BE careful, Oragejuice! I don't wanna have to break up with you!

 

[Native Vail Gal]

Congrats on the elliptical, K! It's my second favorite stationary machine. :D Tomorrow, you're going to OWN 6 minutes.

Oh....you know it sistah!!!!! :cheer:

 

[CMCM]

I remember the first time I ever got on an elliptical, 5 minutes nearly killed me! But you build up endurance quite fast, actually. What I do now is intensity intervals....you can start off doing about 5 min. warmup at a moderate pace, then maybe 30 seconds to 1 minute all out, then back down to moderate for several minutes, and so on. Before long, I got to what I do now: 5 min. warmup, then one minute all out, one minute moderate, repeat that moderate-fast pattern for 20 minutes, then 5 minutes moderate cool down, total of 30 minutes. It kicks a**. Before long, you'll find you can do this quite easily! Put on an iPod and GO!!!!!

By the way, everything I've been reading lately says the intensity intervals for LESS time works better than just a long drawn-out session at a moderate pace. Also, in the beginning, you don't have to do 20 minutes of alternating fast intervals...just do a few of them and build up over time.

 

[oragejuice]

Ok....so you're like 30 years younger than me! :D
BE careful, Oragejuice! I don't wanna have to break up with you!

 

[Native Vail Gal]

22 minutes tonight!!!!!!!! (Barenaked Ladies made it a little easier!!!)

 

[Severine]

22 minutes tonight!!!!!!!! (Barenaked Ladies made it a little easier!!!)

Woohoo! Congrats! :cheer:

 

[SkiNurse]

Yeah NVG!!

 

[itri]

Excellent work!

AND you're a BNL fan...I knew there was something about you I liked!

Just got their new kids CD and storybook in the mail today!

 

[SnowHot]

22 minutes tonight!!!!!!!! (Barenaked Ladies made it a little easier!!!)

Barenaked ladies on an Elliptical!!!
There's an image that makes you wanna grin!
Good for you on the work out improvement.

 

[Native Vail Gal]

Excellent work!

AND you're a BNL fan...I knew there was something about you I liked!

Just got their new kids CD and storybook in the mail today!

ooooo....I'll have to get that!!!!!

Barenaked ladies on an Elliptical!!!
There's an image that makes you wanna grin!
Good for you on the work out improvement.

Thanks, Snowhot! Yeah....I knew the BNL Post would bring about an interesting visual for ya'! :D

 

[Ski Spirit]

Congratulations on your workout!! Music makes a huge difference. I never go to the gym without my IPOD. The elliptical is my favorite too!!! But the better the music, the better/more fun the workout!!! Makes you want to work harder!

 

[mollmeister]

Yay for the elliptical and the ever increasing workout!

Our Precor Elliptical is the best investment we ever made. I like getting variety, but it makes it pretty hard to skip a workout on a day I can't get outside or go to the gym. It's down there in the basement. . . just calling to me.

Plus, I can catch up on lots of trashy TV that I wouldn't otherwise watch, courtesy of TiVo.

 

[Native Vail Gal]

Yay for the elliptical and the ever increasing workout!

Thanks, Molly!

Hey......I made it up to just under 1 hour! I was totally into the Bachelorette and had the AC BLASTING on me! It was a fun ride!

 

[lynseyf]

By the way, everything I've been reading lately says the intensity intervals for LESS time works better than just a long drawn-out session at a moderate pace. Also, in the beginning, you don't have to do 20 minutes of alternating fast intervals...just do a few of them and build up over time.

I would agree with this as well. I cycle every day so have a reasonable level of fitness and had been going to the gym to get fitter and lose weight. I was spending 30 mins on an elliptical, 30 mins on a bike then doing weights etc. and seeing no difference. I went to a personal trainer and he got me to do 10 mins on 3 different machines but at a much higher intensity and it really got me much fitter. I went at a normal pace for 1 min then went a fast as I could for 10seconds then back to normal pace, sprint for 20s when you hit 2 mins, 30s when you hit 3 mins, 40s at 4 mins, 50s at 5 mins then 40s at 6 mins, 30s at 7 mins, 20s at 8 mins and 10s at 9 mins. The 40, 50, 40 bit is the killer But it really works. I did this on an elliptical, a bike and an AMT machine which is kind of like a bouncy elliptical.