Saturday, January 9, 2010

24% Grade


In an attempt to reduce impact on my hip I've decided to tweek my treadmill a little and do some steep grade walking. At about 3mph this will get my HR right up there where I need it with very little impact on any part of my body. This mill, prior to today, maxed out at 12mph and 12% grade. Now it maxes out at 24% grade! Looking forward to my first climb on it. To put it in a little perspective, 24% at 3mph would cover 7,815' in 2:03. Hmmmm...

4 comments:

  1. Now if you can just get the oxygen sucked out of the room ...

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  2. I just do 1 minute hold my breath, one minute breathe for 30 minutes!

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  3. Rick, went to a tea specialty joint last night and bought some Laspsang Souchong and Assam Satrupa tea. This is a blend typical of some Russian Caravan teas. This morning I brewed ~2tsp of each in the Bialetti. I am freakin wired. But good. I couldn't even tell until my wife said "you look crazy." I was pirouetting around the kitchen. My bad :-)

    Thanks again for the suggestion.

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  4. Hi Matt. I've had that same blend; it's pretty good. The Russian Caravan is a little stronger in flavor, the campfire/smoked taste is what's a little stronger. Yea, I've stopped drinking this at work after lunch for the same reason - priouetts!

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