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Went to the gym for the first time in my life today. About 30 minutes of various cardio and then some time on the circuit of weight machines, then 10 more minutes on the ellipticals....
I am hurting. >.< (Oddly enough, the only thing that hurt at first was the elliptical machine, because it's pretty much a stairmaster.) The lat-pull down felt so easy I kicked the bar up to 4 (I was on 1 for most of the machines) and it didn't bother me at all, but now.... ouch. The bicep curls were ridiculously hard for the lowest resistance setting. I have NO upper body strength. Oy.
I do know that I need to stretch, do the weight circuits FIRST, and then go over to the cardio stuff like cycling and ellipticals. I couldn't get the treadmill to do more than a slow crawl after hitting the 'manual setup' button - I don't know if it was that specific machine being troublesome (walking at a snail's pace shouldn't give me a heart rate of 245 bpm) or user error, but the big green button didn't do jack shite when I pushed it, so... Meh. I'll try again next time.
But for all the ache-y stuff, I feel good. I think I really need this (both physically and emotionally), so I'm going to keep it up. I'll have to sign up online because the company code is nonexistent in the computer at the gym, but I've got my 7 day pass, so I'll go Tuesday and Thursday while it's still free, and sign up on Monday. [And pick up a small gym bag and a few cheap towels that Mom can embroider my initial onto, and another nalgene bottle, and a combo lock for the locker room.]
I am hurting. >.< (Oddly enough, the only thing that hurt at first was the elliptical machine, because it's pretty much a stairmaster.) The lat-pull down felt so easy I kicked the bar up to 4 (I was on 1 for most of the machines) and it didn't bother me at all, but now.... ouch. The bicep curls were ridiculously hard for the lowest resistance setting. I have NO upper body strength. Oy.
I do know that I need to stretch, do the weight circuits FIRST, and then go over to the cardio stuff like cycling and ellipticals. I couldn't get the treadmill to do more than a slow crawl after hitting the 'manual setup' button - I don't know if it was that specific machine being troublesome (walking at a snail's pace shouldn't give me a heart rate of 245 bpm) or user error, but the big green button didn't do jack shite when I pushed it, so... Meh. I'll try again next time.
But for all the ache-y stuff, I feel good. I think I really need this (both physically and emotionally), so I'm going to keep it up. I'll have to sign up online because the company code is nonexistent in the computer at the gym, but I've got my 7 day pass, so I'll go Tuesday and Thursday while it's still free, and sign up on Monday. [And pick up a small gym bag and a few cheap towels that Mom can embroider my initial onto, and another nalgene bottle, and a combo lock for the locker room.]
