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.

Exercising

Last week I was not experiencing as much fatigue as I had been experiencing so I decided that I needed to get back to exercising.  I began riding the stationary bike and walking on the treadmill.  During that first week, I rode the bike for 20 minutes each day and walked on the treadmill at a speed of 3.0 for 1/4 mile.

Yesterday, I started my second week and increased from 20 to 30 minutes on the bike and from 1/4 to 1/2 mile on the treadmill.

My plans are as follows:

• Week 3 -  Bike 40 minutes, treadmill 3/4 mile @ 3.0
• Week 4 -  Bike 50 minutes, treadmill 1 mile @ 3.2
• Week 5 -  Bike 60 minutes, treadmill 1.25 miles @ 3.4
• Week 6 -  Bike 70 minutes, treadmill 1.5 miles @ 3.6
• Week 7 -  Bike 80 minutes, treadmill 1.75 miles @ 3.8
• Week 8 -  Bike 90 minutes, treadmill 2.0 miles @ 4.0
• Thereafter - MAINTAIN

Total time spent by Week 8 is Bike - 90 minutes, Treadmill - 30 minutes  or 2 hours

What is important here is the fact that I am gradually building up my time/distance/speed rather that start off fast and hurt my muscles and tendons that have been inactive for several weeks.

NOTE:  this entire exercise routine presupposes that my fatigue will continue to be non-existent.