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Thanks for the response, MOWC. Shoes are new (Brooks!); running only on treadmill so far (not dreadmill to me, yet); tendonitis would be good, in the relative scheme of things; and, as I posted on FB, Advil is indeed a wonderful thing!</p>
<p>Sometimes the treadmill bothers knees. You might want to take a spin on a flat surface like a high school track and see how you feel. With Brooks shoes, you can’t go wrong!</p>
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<p>Oh, I don’t feel bad about my 21 minute mile pace. My two-mile walk was the highest average heartrate of any workout I did last week, averaging 81% of my max heartrate for 54 minutes counting cool down and stretching afterwards. The second and third hills were both sustained 90+% heartrate. I can’t exercise harder than that. </p>
<p>I think it’s my favorite exercise on a nice day. Good music on the iPod. Nice scenery along farmland, a monastary retreat, and a river.</p>
<p>it’s not nice around here today. But I went on TWO walks, one with my friend and one with DH (in the pouring rain with my new Columbia rain jacket!). 5 miles total so I’m feeling OK. </p>
<p>IDAD…sounds like you’re doing well…good luck moving into running…I’m envious! CBB…hope that knee pain is something minor. Try a cinder track if you can…much easier on the joints. </p>
<p>Chicken fajitas on the menu tonight. And my famous brown rice, mixed with black beans and a bit of mango salsa. Yum!</p>
<p>I walked 3 miles this morning at 17:31 pace- a little bit rolling, one larger hill but no killer hills. I could feel my hamstring the whole way, which isn’t good. I walked all over Las Vegas last week without feeling it. I think it needs to settle down a little before I do more walks. I did the Adaptive Motion Trainer (Precor) last night for 30 minutes and couldn’t feel anything in the hamstring. My HR got up to running levels. I hated it.</p>
<p>I walked again this afternoon…at the Mall of America! Walked and shopped I should say! I even broke a sweat! </p>
<p>idad…I would love to lose 50 lbs! I need to do lots of walking and remember my goal is to walk with my friends and still be able to breathe and have a conversation. Most of them won’t walk with me because I am slow and gimpy so they don’t get a good workout when they are with me. Keep up what you are doing! We can motivate each other! :)</p>
<p>NorthMinnesota, keep at it. Slow and steady wins the race. There’s no race here, of course – just progress!!</p>
<p>MOWC: Did you get a similar endorphin rush from the Precor as from running? Keep at it; I think it will kick in.</p>
<p>I got no endorphin rush from the Precor, but at least I did something. I was going to go back tonight, but my hamstring is tight and I thought (in an unusual display of good sense) that I would totally rest it until tomorrow after work.</p>
<p>I am sooooo proud of you!</p>
<p>The glass of wine at my haircut appointment helped with the decision. :)</p>
<p>NorthMin, wish you were closer. We sound like we would be good walking partners. (my friends also don’t like to walk with me because I am too slow).</p>
<p>I thought I might have to skip my first workout today. Tax day. Feds are done, but as I waded into the **six page state health care tax form **, it occured to me that I better concentrate on that rather than the iPod nazi. Then, I noticed my two best buds, Barack Obama and Patrick Duval, declared my county a disaster area and postponed the filing date for a few weeks. Fed being done, state lookin’ good, all my papers in a nice three ring binder, I figured: let me sweat a little first…</p>
<p>I love this workout. Used heavier dumbells. Completed the whole thing without an extra pause. I might have to mix and match these exercises because the alternate workout is kickin’ my butt.</p>
<p>Ouch, i-dad! Taxes… Usually I procrastinate on my taxes as long as I can. Last night I e-filed DD’d 4-page state tax return so she can get her teeny-tiny refund, and I was not a happy camper (and definitely was not in the mood to touch my return). At least this year we do not have a 10 page long schedule D showing $5 loss :rolleyes: and accordng to my preliminary calculations, Uncle Sam owes us a few bucks. </p>
<p>My running buddy is out with a painful knee, so I will be torturing the dreadmill (or will it be torturing me?) for the next couple of days. It should be fun ;)</p>
<p>I don’t do my daughter’s. She took the courses and volunteers doing other people’s taxes, so she handles her own.</p>
<p>What drives me absolutely crazy is all the little “means testing” worksheets that you have to do to find out if you qualify for this or that. OMG. It makes me want to go “postal” on about 435 Congress Critters. Good lord, either give the tax deduction or don’t, but enough of the means tested deductions (like the tuition tax credits).</p>
<p>Anyway, I got my workout in. Felt great. Went to a whopping 8 pounds per dumbell for flys and curl/press. Hard intervals on the Airdyne.</p>
<p>Hopefully the weather holds for another day. Tomorrow will be a hilly walk day.</p>
<p>Good luck, i-dad! Keeping fingers crossed for your weather.</p>
<p>I just finished our taxes - e-filed them right after a 30-min run on the dreadmill @ 7 mph. H and I are celebrating the end of the tax season with wine and fruit (and a tiny bit of cheese - 
shhhh…)</p>
<p>I bought new pants. Size 0. LOL. Who are they kidding? RL has some serious problems with their size chart.</p>
<p>Getting discouraged here. Lower back is acting up. Tennis elbow is back…not sure of weightlifting or biking has aggravated it…but it HURTS (this has been lingering for 9 months now). I will lay off the weights for a bit but will NOT give up biking. Cranky today. </p>
<p>IDAD, wonderful how you are sticking to your workout This Ipod Nazi guy must be addictive!</p>
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<p>I’m thinking it’s a pretty good bet that your aches and pains are a consequence of the crash course by your personal trainer. I bet that it’s a temporary thing. That tennis elbow is almost certainly from the weight machines, weight lifting – I’m guessing that overdoing curls (too much weight, too many reps) would aggravate that one.</p>
<p>It’s funny. I was thinking last night getting ready for bed that my iPod workout had left me “feeling” every major muscle group (as in knowing that I had worked out), but no pain. Calves, front of thighs, back of thighs, butt, abs, side abs, lower back, arms, and shoulders. It seems to me that that’s the sweet spot target for general fitness workouts. I’m hoping I can stay just short of the lingering pain threshold.</p>
<p>I really want to keep to a schedule of “moving more” five times a week. I just think that I need to make that a part of my life for the rest of my life and the only way I’m going to do that is stick to it and make it a habit. Maybe the best thing about the iPod nazi is the booklet that lays out a week by week exercise schedule for three months – built around three days per week of these combo weight circuits and cardio intervals, with cardio (like walking) on one or two more days. I’m really trying to stick to that schedule, even as I repeat weeks in the iPod program.</p>
<p>Epicondilytis is probably doing too much elbow flexion activities. Cut out most lifting, ice and allow it to heal. Its pretty common when someone starts doing a low of elbow flexion activities (pullups, curls, whatever) that isn’t accustomed to it. Its pretty unavoidable, but once the inflammation sets in and the repair is completed, you’re good to go.</p>
<p>About the lower back…look up Dr. Stuart McGill’s book on back health. Try to find a facility that has a ‘reverse hyper’ machine as well. Google the name and the machine and you should find plenty of resources. For the back at least, cut out all forms of spinal flexion, loaded and unloaded. No situps, crunches, bending over with a rounded back to pick up stuff, etc. Next, stretch your hip flexors (search for hip flexor stretches)…Those two steps should improve lower back pain almost immediately.</p>