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30 minutes of stationary cycling later

July 22, 2009 by hollie Exercise and Fitness

and I have concluded one thing:
If you’re going to read a book while your knees are pumping up and down, do not try to highlight at the same time. The text now looks like my four-year-old got her hands on an orange pen and went to town. Which is sort of apropos, since the book [...]

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Tossing out the scale; keeping my bike

July 2, 2009 by hollie Exercise and Fitness

This is me this morning after my half hour on the stationary bike. I’m exhausted. I’m so out of shape it’s surprising I can get up the stairs to bed.
Mmmmm, bed. The question at this point isn’t WILL I take a nap, it’s WHERE WILL I? The kids are in daycare today, which means I [...]

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Riding in the morning

July 1, 2009 by hollie Exercise and Fitness

You might remember I bought a stationary bike awhile ago, and it’s been sitting in our living room. I use it maybe once a week, but I haven’t been regular about it, and I’m trying to start. Here’s me this morning, yes, at TEN IN THE MORNING.
My Mom took the kids last night, so we [...]

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Update and questions about the LifeSpan Fitness R3 Recumbent Bike

March 5, 2009 by hollie Deep and Meaningful Commentary

A commenter, NeedToExercise, recently asked some great questions at the end of my post, “So about that stationary bike purchase“, about the LifeSpan Fitness R3 Recumbent Bike. They also asked about owning a treadmill. I thought these questions and answers might be of interest to other readers, so I’m putting them in a post.
I [...]

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Bicycling consistency

February 15, 2009 by hollie Exercise and Fitness

On the 12th I had 4 days of bike riding every day, and I talked about consistency. Then we got busy with Valentine’s Day, some serious fatigue, and suddenly I realized I’d gone two days without riding. I considered breaking the streak, but I knew I’d be sorry. Instead, I decided to make it up.
Today: [...]

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120 minutes of bike riding

February 12, 2009 by hollie Exercise and Fitness

When we got my stationary bike set up, I thought about different goals I could set. Distance ridden, intensity, time; these things immediately came to mind, but in the end I decided the most important thing to develop first was consistency.
Thirty minutes seemed like a good first goal. Thirty minutes every day, even if it [...]

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So about that whole exercise bike purchase…..

February 10, 2009 by hollie Exercise and Fitness

I mentioned before that I had an exercise bike on order, and I was going to talk about why I bought one. It arrived a couple of days ago, and I just love it. I bought the LifeSpan Fitness R3 Recumbent Bike from Amazon.com.
For several years, Greg and I had a True brand treadmill that we [...]

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