Unfit

[gemfyre]

Alriight, apparently for a good workout I should be getting my heartrate to at least 140 beats per minute and maintaining that for 12-15 minutes.

I can easily reach 120, but can't maintain it for long before I'm exhausted.

I tried to get up to 140, I made it to 130 and just went, "If I keep going I'm gonna kill myself."

Bleh. Does this get any better?

Comments

[jakie-em.livejournal.com]

no

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Sheesh, you're meant to be motivating me!

I want a body like the chick in Flashdance, but with tits and without a 6 pack.

[jakie-em.livejournal.com]

not fussy r ya?

if you want to do hard excercise, you can come over and clean my house for me...

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

I want to be ABLE to do hard exercise. :p

[jakie-em.livejournal.com]

why? it is so painful

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Well the idea is to get to a stage where it's not painful.

[jakie-em.livejournal.com]

i doubt there is a stage

[stawberi.livejournal.com]

You should get used to it, but I wouldn't know, having never been anywhere near fit.

[abstract-design.livejournal.com]

Uh, yeah; it actually does.

But you can't expect to hit your target hr straight up. Try increments, hey? I believe recommendations are to aim for 55-85% of your max hr (220 minus your age), so that's actually quite a range.

Contrary to popular belief, exercise doesn't have to always be a horrible painful slog.

[imalegend.livejournal.com]

It does get better but you shouldn't be killing youself in a workout.

If it's been a while since your last fitness regime, it's best to start off easy like walking.

[maelkann.livejournal.com]

What are you doing as exercise?