I'll be thinking of you tomorrow and hoping that all works out well.
Peace be with you.

Prairie Roots
On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 08:21:58 -0600, Joyce wrote:

I have no idea what trails they have, don't have the internet access set up in the
basement. And puh-lease don't give me any ideas about trying to tackle THAT job
in the near future. G

How come the treadmill you were on kept dropping the incline down? Or did I miss
something here? I haven't tried doing the incline at a slower pace - have found
it is so much more interesting (the after-effects) of hitting them at 4mph ... if
I go any faster my little legs will be jogging. G

It's been another one of those long week-ends with no treadmill included - not
pleasant stuff going on. But we are hoping the situation now has some viable
solutions ... will know more today and definitive answers on Tuesday. So at least
are moving in on some answers. Am hoping to catch up on the newsgroup and emails,
then get sonny boy out and moving ... then hit the treadmill while awaiting todays
set of answers. At least I got me a plan of attack today!

Joyce

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 17:39:12 -0800, Fred wrote:

Programming trails I'd love Yosemite.

See if they have the Mt Si trail. 4 miles up with a gain of approx
3,400 feet.

I just used the treadmill at work today for the 1st time. 15 minutes
on hill work. But only about 2mph but I kept upping the slope to 10
whatever and it kept dropping it back down (G)

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 08:39:06 -0600, Joyce wrote:

hehehe - I don't know you, but I do know ME ... I am the burnout queen. g I
even splurged and bought myself a 13" television with a dvd player built in, to
give me something to keep my mind off of the boredom that can set in. Then
splurged on some movies and television series dvd's ... making the treadmill time,
MY time and something to look forward to (a bit). I still overdid things a bit
yesterday, wanted to check out the even higher inclines and see how much different
they were. OY! They are tough, I think I at least now know exactly what a high
intensity workout is supposed to make you feel. LOL

Yesterday was the first time I used the fan, not much need to when your basement
is sitting at about 30 degrees. I was in my sweats, had to throw my bathrobe on
in addition ... and after 15 minutes I had to turn the fan on. Oh, it is
wonderful! Does your treadmill also have the ability to be hooked into the
manufacturers internet website for additional programming and tracking? I haven't
done it with mine, don't want to string any more cables through the house, but it
did sound really interesting and fun. Can hook it up, and get programming on the
computer monitor to walk through different scenery settings. And through the
website it will also automatically control/increase/decrease the incline and speed
to coincide with the terrain. Cool, huh? I didn't even realize this until I read
the manual.

Joyce

On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 06:32:07 -0600, "WannaBLean" wrote:

I'm going to follow your advice. It's almost like you "know me". I DO burn
out easily and I don't want to this time. Thank you for the good advice.
Hugs.
"Joyce" wrote in message
m...
I'm going by memory here, from posts I've seen from you throughout the
week.
Haven't you just begun exercising recently? If so, your muscles are more
than
likely hanging onto water while repairing the stress on them from the new
activity. This happened to me also, still does on occassion when I try to
push
too hard, too fast. It takes awhile for the body to let go of the water,
took me
a good two weeks in the beginning.

Just a suggestion from the non-exercise guru in the bunch ...

I read elsewhere that you were walking a mile a day, at a pace of 2MPH.
This is a
great start, won't totally burn you out from overdoing in the beginning.
Then I
read that you added the incline into the routine already. Myself, I would
work on
the distance and speed first ... start gradually increasing the incline
when you
can get your speed up to a cardio level maybe? I think I read somewhere
recently
that a walking cardio level should be between 3MPH and 3.5 MPH - not too
sure of
that though. The incline is a great workout, I love it myself - but I
also didn't
add it until I was consistently up in speed and duration, as I felt it was
tougher
on the legs (which may be why your body is hanging on to fluids???), thus
causing
me to tire out faster. I've been working on the treadmill for many months
now,
walk at 4MPH and a varying incline level of 4-8 ... and I tell ya, I start
feeling
it at 20 minutes when on the higher incline - start declining the incline
and
immediately notice the difference. Maybe you could work a few days at
your 2MPH
level for 30 minutes (1 mile), then increase the speed by .1 or .2 MPH
(I'm making
the assumption your treadmill is similar to mine ... fan and all) - go for
another
few days and up the speed again. If you keep the length of time the same,
you
will notice you are walking a bit further each day. You will still get
the same
benefits of the flat workout, without overtiring yourself in the early
stages -
which often leads to early burnout. Save that tough stuff for later!

Just my 2 cents worth, anyway. G

Joyce

On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 15:47:37 -0600, "WannaBLean"
wrote:

HOW??? I've even been exercising!! I am SO bummed out!