My trainer emailed me back to say this next week, week five I should just do cardio. That's not bad. I can do that. I would like to do more, but starting slowly isn't a bad thing... I guess... So I go into the gym on Tuesday and do my cardio. My trainer insists that I wear the heart rate monitor that I discussed in an earlier post. So My goal is to hit my cardio zone 130-150. I don't try to put myself through much more, just trying to ease back into exercising.
I have classes on Wednesday so I never go into the gym on Wednesdays. But then on Thursday I go back into the gym and try to push myself. I would rather find out I need a higher dosage of beta blockers on my own time than when I'm paying my trainer. When on the cardio machine, arch trainer, I slowly safely start to elevate the height and increase the resistance. I work out on cardio for about 45 minutes not including the 7 minute warm up and 7 minute cool down. I don't remember what exactly I got the elevation and resistance up to but I do know that I got my heart rate into the 170s a couple of times. I was feeling good! No nausea or passing out sensation! I pretty much keep this up all week and go to the gym 5 times this week.
Also as always I play ultimate on Sunday. I wear my heart rate monitor when I play now. I am playing stronger and can run longer. My heart rate during sprints can get into the low 180s and then I let it recover into the 130s or 140s. My awesome heart rate monitor also tells me calories burned. I burned over 1400 calories! My calories burned during ultimate is in between 1400-1800. I wish I could play daily!
Weight loss is going good, heart rate recovery time is getting better. I no longer need to sit on the steps to tie my shoes. I am making progress on getting healthy!
I'm told I need to put in pictures and video... Here's my attempt. This is ultimate frisbee... Although at almost 280lbs I'm not nearly this good!
Here is the cardio machine that I use:
