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Posted by bethblue May 14, 2008

So much for keeping my exercise blog up to date! Oh well.
Anyway I've been spotty on my exercising recently, mainly because of lack of motivation. On monday I was going to continue with the Polar program but K was ill early in the morning; I was very fatigued and definately not in the mood! I was still not up for exercise yesterday so today was the day. I feel pretty good post workout today so yea me! On 5/10 I had a loooong workout (95 minutes), it was so boring and I was so sore when I was done. I'm going to have to repeat that workout later this week and I'm NOT looking forward to it.

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Posted by bethblue Apr 19, 2008

Well, I did it. I bought a Polar F6 heart rate monitor and I LOVE it!! What's great is that the treadmill picks up the signal from the chest belt so I can view percentage on the watch and bpm on the treadmill. I used it on a walk at a local nature area and it felt so great to see what my body was doing while I was exercising. I was able to adjust my speed in accordance with my HR; it was terrific!
When I first started looking at ways to track my heart rate I didn't want to get something that used a chest belt. I didn't want to have to deal with extra equipment so I got a watch with a touch pad. It works okay, but the watch itself is kind of sketchy and will sometimes reboot for no reason. After having used the HR monitor on the treadmill I see why the chest belt is invaluable.
Tomorrow I'm planning on a walk using the HR limits on the treadmill and maybe going for a walk with W if the weather is nice.

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Posted by bethblue Apr 3, 2008

Well, I skipped yesterday. I just could not get my butt in gear and get going! I actually fell asleep while watching TV. K was having quiet time and W was taking a nap and I just laid my head down.
Today I walked for 20 minutes and W enjoyed the swing for the first time. I kind of felt bad having him watch me while I walked in place. As if the kid didn't think I was crazy enough as it is! I feel pretty good. So far I haven't been sore after walking even though my heart rate has been in the 60-80% range.

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bethblue

 Member since: Dec 14, 2007

I had my second child in october and I want to get back in shape. Now I just need to find the time to walk/jog, take care of my kids and keep my house from falling apart.

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