I was thinking about not running this morning and just doing a few minutes on the elliptical again to warm up. But, then I realized that it's already Friday and I won't be running tomorrow, probably. So, I ran a mile in 10:33 on the treadmill at 1% incline. It seemed a bit harder than normal. During the run, it seemed like my HRM was getting a little squirrelly. I wonder if my transmitter is starting to loose battery power. I think a new one is around $46 (a coded Polar T31). I guess I've had it a while now. It has served me very well. That's still a lot cheaper than buying a new Garmin that I'm drooling over after hearing all about them on the c25k.com forums. I just love gadgets, though. That's kind of the ultimate fitness gadget right now!
I have the Polar F6 heart rate monitor. It has a way to figure out heart rate zones to target. But, it always wants me down below something like 150bpm. That's just not feasible for me if I'm going to break a sweat. I should look back through the features to see what I'm forgetting to use. I like the diary it keeps of zones and times and files them away each week. I can wirelessly download to my computer. Works great.
Today, I did the A workout of AMRAP (As Many Reps As Possible) after Stage 1 of NRoLfW. I don't know if I particularly like this. The idea of lower reps - higher weights is one I like. I wasn't able to do a crazy amount of reps, since I used the weights from about session 2 or 3. When I got there to run, a guy was using the squat rack and of course did not unload it. I even saw him sitting there when he was ready to leave watching the news. And they were the 45# weights. Grrrr.
I started reading the Stage 2 exercises. One problem I see coming up is the lack of step available at my gym. Not sure how I'm going to solve that one. I could bring my own fitness step, but that would be a pain in the butt. Hmm....
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