Making Lemonade….
That’s what you do when life hands you out a basket of lemons.
My foot is a bit out of sorts (old bunion problem), so I had to miss one of my fav classes today (a dancy aerobics thinggy). Instead, I headed to the gym and went on the stationary bike for the first time.
Boy, it’s hard! Or maybe I shouldn’t have started with level 7? I did treadmill before, but yep, it uses some really cool muscles that running either doesn’t activate, or activates in a different way. I could only do 15 min cycling intervals, so I did a workout routine in between made from the 10 most effective excersises (in E-diet’s trainer view). Apart from lunges. Can’t do lunges because of my foot. What a pity! (A sly wink… if there is one excersise I hate, it’s lunges!)
I even used A Machine… for lateral bar pull down. Doesn’t matter that I wanted to sit down the wrong way round on it at first, and I suspect didn’t put my feet in the designated place… heh.
The main thing was I could excersise and I tried new things
It was fun, and I didn’t notice how an hour slip away… well, apart from those 2 last minutes of my second cycling interval. Those lasted forever! Good thing I had wits enough to bring a book!
Real curious if I get sore tomorrow.
Have a glorious day, everyone!
ate my comment.. grrrr
Love your attitude Leida!
I haven’t been to the gym in forever, but I definitely remember how SHOCKED I was at how much harder the bike was than the treadmill. It def. works the muscles in the upper leg and butt harder than running does. (in my opinion) Running seems to do more from the knee down, and the front of the thighs, and the bike works the backs of the legs more. (Is that how it seemed to you?)
Anyway, how cool that you tried some new stuff!!
That lat pull down bar will make a sexy back if you keep it up!
Let me know how sore you get. You rock girlie!!