Today I bit the bullet and got on our latest buy, a Treadmill. OH put it on (1) for me, and whilst it looked very slow from a distance, when I got on it, I knew at last what it felt to have the earth move under my feet.
I clung on like a limpet, and managed to lengthen my stride. So far, I am ashamed to say that I can only manage to stay on there for one and a half minutes! I did try twice more, and got a bit more confident.
What I have found, is that it isn't like walking really at all, because ones body moves on a path or a road, but here, the belt is moving as well, albeit slowly. My arms seem to be taking the strain, and I think, unless things change, I will be sprouting muscles like Popeye!
OH had a go on it, and even jogged! I then suggested he put it on programme six, which started fairly slow, but changed every couple of minutes getting faster and faster until it got to level five. By this time, he was walking faster than I had even seen him, quite a sight! Then the speed started to get gradually slower.
It is a good job he had a good work out, as the wind here has got so strong, and it is raining. They say there will be very heavy showers, and 9 cm of snow on certain mountains to the South - that is not us, but nearer where we used to live. We may even get thunder and lightning.
In all the years we have lived here, there has never been snow so early, but for me, anything is welcome, so let it pour!
Update on Treadmill
I clung on like a limpet, and managed to lengthen my stride. So far, I am ashamed to say that I can only manage to stay on there for one and a half minutes! I did try twice more, and got a bit more confident.
What I have found, is that it isn't like walking really at all, because ones body moves on a path or a road, but here, the belt is moving as well, albeit slowly. My arms seem to be taking the strain, and I think, unless things change, I will be sprouting muscles like Popeye!
OH had a go on it, and even jogged! I then suggested he put it on programme six, which started fairly slow, but changed every couple of minutes getting faster and faster until it got to level five. By this time, he was walking faster than I had even seen him, quite a sight! Then the speed started to get gradually slower.
It is a good job he had a good work out, as the wind here has got so strong, and it is raining. They say there will be very heavy showers, and 9 cm of snow on certain mountains to the South - that is not us, but nearer where we used to live. We may even get thunder and lightning.
In all the years we have lived here, there has never been snow so early, but for me, anything is welcome, so let it pour!
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