innova2019
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Okay, so, my mom died recently. Age 61, heart failure. It was a huge shock and also a wakeup call. I do not also want to be dying of heart failure at age 61. Thus: I'm going to get in shape no matter the fuck what. By the time I get to her grave on her first yahrzeit, I want to know that if she could reach out and hug me she'd go "oh! You feel so different!" and I'd be able to say "yeah, it's the muscle."
So I started doing a modified version of the step class I took in college. I have a staircase in my home and I've just been going up and down three stairs at a time to a song with a relatively high BPM. Things are bad enough right now that after one playthrough (three minutes, forty seconds), my chest hurts and my heart rate is blipping along at 124. Which would be great if I were doing a full workout and it was taking me a bit to get there, but, um. Yeah.
I don't want to try to ramp up just yet because I get the feeling I should wait to do that until I don't feel like I'm dying after a single playthrough, but in the meantime, for maximum benefit, should I be doing this every day? Every other? I know we were told this in that college class, but fucked if I can remember, and things I'm finding online are like "do X for Y minutes for Z reps!" and it's like . . . buddy, right now one rep is tearing me up. I'm working on two reps, buddy. Give me some information on how to get there, please.
So I started doing a modified version of the step class I took in college. I have a staircase in my home and I've just been going up and down three stairs at a time to a song with a relatively high BPM. Things are bad enough right now that after one playthrough (three minutes, forty seconds), my chest hurts and my heart rate is blipping along at 124. Which would be great if I were doing a full workout and it was taking me a bit to get there, but, um. Yeah.
I don't want to try to ramp up just yet because I get the feeling I should wait to do that until I don't feel like I'm dying after a single playthrough, but in the meantime, for maximum benefit, should I be doing this every day? Every other? I know we were told this in that college class, but fucked if I can remember, and things I'm finding online are like "do X for Y minutes for Z reps!" and it's like . . . buddy, right now one rep is tearing me up. I'm working on two reps, buddy. Give me some information on how to get there, please.