Showing promise
Posted by Trixter on July 15, 2008
Today was Fitness Score day on the Precor treadmill, and it surprised me:
- Fitness Score: 30 (Change: +6, Cumulative change: +6, Medium fitness starts at 35)
- Weight: 238 lbs (Change: 0, Cumulative change: 0)
- Body Fat: 27% (Change: -1%, Cumulative change: -1%)
After only one week of walking on the treadmill at 3mph (medium walking speed) on the “hills” setting (incline raises and lowers) for an average of 25 minutes a day, already I see great improvement. Not to my weight — I’m not completely concerned about that — but my fitness score shot way up and I lost a percentage of my weight in body fat.
I don’t want to get too optimistic yet, though. According to the treadmill, I still technically died a few days ago.
Oldskooler Ramblings 
zpinzane said
That’s good stuff. I’m no fitness expert, but I was amazed at how fast my legs gained muscle mass and definition just by adopting a 30-45minute a day walking routine. I need to get back to doing that I think…
Also, sounds like you have a cool treadmill. Got any plans for other activities aside from walking? In the future of course.
Trixter said
Because I’m a sucker for computer-aided fitness, after I hit a “medium” fitness score on the treadmill I’m going to alternate running with Yourself! Fitness.
lisp_hacker said
Way to go – keep it up, and let us know how you do next week.