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More on interval training
Sep. 12th, 2011 09:58 amSo, last Tuesday, I decided to see if I could jog. That was the point of all the interval training, right?
So, why last Tuesday? Well,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kightp was visiting Friday through Tuesday. I had to make sure I didn't exhaust myself and feel awful during her visit.
But, Monday and Tuesday I learned that I could do 10 35 second intervals, no problem, so, I wanted to see how that translated to jogging.
I found that I could jog for... 2.5 minutes. Yeah. Not so good. It wasn't that I couldn't go further, but that I was getting signs that my heart rate was rising too high. I found that I could jog for 1.5 minutes several times (at least 5), but the next day, well, I felt tired, and depressed, and while I could still go through my day-to-day stuff, I *did not* want to exercise.
Thursday I felt better, so I tried something new... 1 minute intervals. I did 5 intervals, one minute jogging, 1.5 minutes walking. I felt so good that, even though I took a 35 minute walk on Friday, I tried again, and did *6* intervals. Just the kind of macho-stupidity I'm trying to avoid, but, hey, what could go wrong? Well, Saturday, I felt awful. So, naturally, there was an emergency at work.
Sunday, I felt better, but still tired.
But today, I felt well enough to do 5 1 minute intervals, and then, just to get home quicker, did a sixth. I'll figure out how I feel later.
An interesting note: after a 1 minute interval, my heart rate is 150-156 (25-26 beats in 10 seconds). After the 30 second intervals, I was only getting up to 132, give or take. So, this is good... 152 (or 158, or 164) is still an reasonable heart rate for a 45 year old man (the rule is "don't go above 220 minus your age"), and should be strengthening my heart more than the 30 second intervals.
I hope so. This is the most frustrating part of a fitness program - getting to the point that one can exercise more or less fearlessly, without concern for the after-effects unless one does something obviously stupid.
So, why last Tuesday? Well,
kightp was visiting Friday through Tuesday. I had to make sure I didn't exhaust myself and feel awful during her visit. But, Monday and Tuesday I learned that I could do 10 35 second intervals, no problem, so, I wanted to see how that translated to jogging.
I found that I could jog for... 2.5 minutes. Yeah. Not so good. It wasn't that I couldn't go further, but that I was getting signs that my heart rate was rising too high. I found that I could jog for 1.5 minutes several times (at least 5), but the next day, well, I felt tired, and depressed, and while I could still go through my day-to-day stuff, I *did not* want to exercise.
Thursday I felt better, so I tried something new... 1 minute intervals. I did 5 intervals, one minute jogging, 1.5 minutes walking. I felt so good that, even though I took a 35 minute walk on Friday, I tried again, and did *6* intervals. Just the kind of macho-stupidity I'm trying to avoid, but, hey, what could go wrong? Well, Saturday, I felt awful. So, naturally, there was an emergency at work.
Sunday, I felt better, but still tired.
But today, I felt well enough to do 5 1 minute intervals, and then, just to get home quicker, did a sixth. I'll figure out how I feel later.
An interesting note: after a 1 minute interval, my heart rate is 150-156 (25-26 beats in 10 seconds). After the 30 second intervals, I was only getting up to 132, give or take. So, this is good... 152 (or 158, or 164) is still an reasonable heart rate for a 45 year old man (the rule is "don't go above 220 minus your age"), and should be strengthening my heart more than the 30 second intervals.
I hope so. This is the most frustrating part of a fitness program - getting to the point that one can exercise more or less fearlessly, without concern for the after-effects unless one does something obviously stupid.
