Back to the Gym

In line with starting up this blog today, I decided I needed to stop being lazy and go back to the gym.  After getting home today, I got my son, and off we went to the YMCA.  It's wonderful they have child care there, and he really enjoys playing there while I'm in the gym.  As a sign that it had been far too long since I'd been to the gym, my Fitlinxx login is deactivated, so I need to get that fixed at some point.  My goal today, though, was just for some cardio to get back into the swing of things.

My original intention had been to do 30 minutes plus the 5 minute cooldown period.  Instead, I made it 21 plus the cooldown period.  The main reason for this wasn't my getting tired.  It was, instead, my right knee starting to hurt.

Just from walking, I can hear people exclaiming.  The trick, though, is that I set it to the cardio routine.  For my weight and age, it decided the proper heart rate for me to maintain was 147.  The issue, however, is that even for as much as I weight, I'm in generally good shape, including my heart rate.  So in order to keep that 147 heart rate at a 3.8 mph walk, it was cranking the incline up to between 7 and 8.  After 15+ minutes of this, my knee wasn't exactly pleased with me.

The important thing, though, is that I made it to the gym.  My intention at this point is to go on Tuesday and Thursday evenings and then Saturday mornings.  I'll keep things posted here about how well I'm doing on that idea so this will hopefully keep me honest.  Just doing weight watchers will only get me so far.  There has to be more physical activity than sitting at a desk all day for me to reach my goal.