the heart remembers…
No, I am not referring to the heart in my head that misses my husband (and man do I miss him) I am referring to my actual heart.
Most anyone who knows me knows I have had a rough year struggling with the recovery from my neck fusion surgery a year ago this March 12th (yeah!) and I am just recently back in the gym with any real level of commitment. Since fat loss is at the top of my list right now and fitting into last years summer clothes is high on the list too, I figured I would go ahead and work on my cardio workout regmine (yes, inactivity breeds fat, in my case 14 pounds of it) and work in my resistance on a every other day basis seeing how my physiology reacts to each new addition to my schedule, so far so good with a group spasm here and there.
Anyhow, when I started back with the cardio two weeks ago I was praying I would make it through 20 minutes on the lowest setting. Progressively since then I have increased the time, the program and the resistance level. So, now I am spend an entire 30 minute routine in the middle cardio range zone for my age (not in the lower fat loss range). I am completing the cross training hills program and I am now up to a level 5-6 in resistance!!
What is completely weird is that I am sweating like a pig, which is actually a first for me. I read recently that peoples bodies change a bit metabolically each time they go under general anesthesia and since this was only the third time in my entire life (40 years now) that I had any sort of anesthesia I am wondering if that is why I am sweating so profusely now. Well it really doesn’t matter because I am liking it. The great thing is that I am returning to my resting heart really quickly too for which I am grateful as heart disease runs in my fathers side of the family. There is no heart issues of any kind on my moms side of my biology and I seem to trend healthwise more like her than him (thank you god!).
So…. now I am on the search for a workout computer and not just your average heart rate monitor. I want something that is geared more towards the cross training acpect rather than just cardio. I want to be able to occasionally do a resting phyiscal test as well as monitor when my body moves out of the fat burning realm and into the muscle burning stages during my workouts. I have been considering the Polar F40 or the Polar FT60 which are both compatible with the Polar Personal Trainer online training website. So if you have used either of these workout computers let me know as I am trying to make a decision on something that will be applicable to my training for a number of years in the future. I don’t want to "out grow" it like I did my little standard heart rate monitor I got four years ago.
So, as I said in the title of this blog "the heart remembers" and what a miracle it is too. Our bodies are amazing and their ability to remember a activity and adapt is a real testament to the belief system that there is an intellingent designer out there watching over us, and I would much rather belive that then believe that we are just biological happenstance.
My best to all, have a good workout and a great day! ~Tyra
