Workin' out

People keep asking if I can work out, and the answer is yes! In fact, this morning I did my first real aqua-jog. I swam twice last week, but I like aquajogging because it allows me to really BREATHE as much and as hard as I want, which I think allows my heart rate to go up pretty high. I haven't officially tested this theory with a HRM (heart rate monitor), but a couple of quick pulse checks registered at ~160 bpm (beats per minute), so I feel pretty good about the workout. It was only about 40 minutes, but the time went by relatively quickly. I'm pretty fortunate that our gym (the Pro Club in Bellevue) put in a new pool last year that has an actual deep end. Otherwise the workout wouldn't have been possible there.

The last workout that I did prior to this morning's was on Monday, when I got on the stationary bike for about 53 minutes. I was pretty happy that I was getting up to a heart rate of about 170. In a real trainer workout/spinning class I would probably get into the 180's a few times, but considering that I'm still very gimpy, I was quite pleased. On Sunday I was on the stationary bike as well, and also played around with various nautilus machines (upper body) that I haven't used before. Late at night (less than an hour before closing time) is a great time to try out different machines, as the machine:user ratio was somewhere around 10:1 - 20:1.