Out of all of that knowing my heart rate has been important; a few times I've had to stop and cool down a bit because I've exceeded my max HR, though not by much. What I've liked most about it is knowing how far I've gone and how fast--seeing that I can shave some time off my distances--and the calorie burn (used to justify a burger, of course...)
But then I discovered I can do this:
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I can see maps of where I've been, my average paces, sweet little graphs.
It's awesome.
And because it maps my whereabouts and I can share them with the world, I'm likely to expand my distances, because my ego is that big.
Barring rain, over the next 10 days the Spouse Thingy and I are going to check out some other places to Trikke (because he has a few days off...) and we'll probably do some other things, but dangit, I want to make my maps all squiggly with red lines.
And then, justify a burger and fries.
A really big burger and fries...
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It also satisfies the nerd in you. heh.
please be careful though - it looks like you can see a map to your house too.... eek. (I don't mean to be anonymous - I just don't want to sign up for a google account)
That garmin data is pretty cool.
That sounds like a cool tool!
Okay, Thumper. I'm hooked...so, now that you've had it a couple of weeks, what kind of calorie burn, muscle work, fitness results? I'm reading your posts and I'm seriously considering it.
Angus' Mom
In 50 minutes or so (about 4 miles with a few water breaks) I'm burning between 500-600 calories and getting my heart rate up into the 150s, sometimes higher, but since that's inching into 90%+ of my max, that might not be the smartest thing on my part... It's working the major muscle groups--I can feel the burn in my quads, back muscles, triceps and delts, and when I first started I could feel it in some of the smaller stabilizer muscles, but I don't feel that quite so much now.
As far as fitness...I know I've increased my endurance on the Trikke; after I got the hang of it on the court out in front of the house and ventured out, 3 miles was a WOW, and I did that in about an hour. Now I'm up to 4 miles in 50 minutes, and could probably go a little longer but I'm running out of water (the Spouse Thingy does not...I suspect I drink more because of my diabetes insipidus...)
So far it's the best cardio workout I've done in a long, long time. Worth every penny, I think...
I bought one! ~ Angus' mom
Max, should my mom totally bite it and leave me an orphan-cat, I'm packin' my bags and headin' for your Casa...I'm just sayin'. ~ Angus
Sweet :)
Do you have it already or are you waiting for delivery? When you get it, you're either going to come back with a WHEEEEE or "Holy carp Thumper this is your fault and you SUCK."
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