It was kind of a grey day today, after many, many sunny days in a row.
So I decided to try a different sort of exercise that I hadn’t done all summer – elliptical, or walking in place.
It had been long enough that I had forgotten most of my pre-workout ritual
Music or News, stretch a little by riding the bike first, maybe a book.
So I just start “walking”.
Since I don’t have my usual diversions from the sweat machine I started staring at the little readouts that cover the front.
I was focused on trying to see if there was a pattern in the last digit of the “calorie counter”. Even, even, odd, odd, odd, even, even, even, even, odd, odd, odd, etc, etc, etc
That was good until it hit 100. Then no more decimals to follow.
So on to the next thing – comparing the last digit of the calories with the last digit of the distance. Try to guess when they will match and if they will change to the next number together.
Hey – it beats prime numbers in my numb brain.
I can walk all day and just glow, but 20 minutes of “aerobic #2” and I am sweating. But it was good to use some slightly different muscles. Hopefully it will help me be ready for soccer season, since I haven’t played all summer. Well there was one game with Ashlan’s team in my walking shoes after a five mile training walk.
I know machines are not for all, but it does provide a quick, aerobic workout that feels good after work.
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