My visiting scholar stuff got processed and I can join the gym! I never thought I'd be so excited to be able to exercise in a/c. Generally I love being outside, but being able to exercise when I want w/o dying is pretty exciting.
The campus gym is big and beautiful. I guess that's what being a D-1 school will get you. When I was in college we had some machines in an old cafeteria.
Today was a XT day. Because it's pretty flat here, I intend to do a lot of stair master in order to build up climbing muscles and endurance. Then I found this. It's a combo elliptical that also works as a stepper and a glider depending on your stride. That means I was able to do intervals w/ alternating between stepping and gliding. My big water bottle was right in front of me, and w/ my ipod the time flew by. it even has a TV monitor if I feel like watching (crappy) daytime TV. I think I'm going to stick to NPR.
Time: 45 min
Exercise: 5 min step (level 3), 10 min elliptical (level 3), 5 min step (level 5), 10 min elliptical (level 5), 5 min step (level 6), 5 min elliptical (level 6), 5 min step (level 3), cool down
heat rate: average 150/155, highest 167
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