My Discovery

In an earlier post a few days ago, I mentioned perhaps described my new exercise routine because my fatigue had lessened dramatically.  What I had suggested was that I would exercise on the stationary bike for 20 minutes and walk on the treadmill 1/4 mile at a speed of 3.0.  And, after each week or 7 day period of exercise, I would increase the time on the bike by 10 minutes and increase the distance on the treadmill by 1/4 mile until I got to 90 minutes and 2 miles respectively.

Well, this week I am peddling for 40 minutes and walking for 3/4 mile and because my butt does not fit the seat properly it was hurting after 30 minutes and after walking my first 3/4 mile, I was really out-of-breath which might have been an indication that I was building up too fast for my physical condition.

So today, I decided to peddle for 20 minutes and walk for 1/2 mile then peddle for another 20 minutes and walk for 1/4 mile and I would reach my goal and would have the same results because I was not resting between the two machines.  Well, I was on my second cycle of walking and decided to walk another 1/2 instead of just 1/4.  The results were perfect...  and this was my discovery...

From this point on, I am alternating machines every 20 minutes for peddling and every 1/2 mile for walking...   and, I will continue to do this every 7-10 days until I reach 90 minutes for the bike and 2 miles for the treadmill.