WELCOME TO “THE GYM”
HEY!! Thanks for jumping on the train and coming to the gym! Today is the first of the rest of your lean mean body machine. Listen, listen real, real carefully. If you are just starting out, please let me remind you. The journey of 1000 miles starts with the first step. Further, it is my belief that together we can make a difference in the gym if we stick together and encourage one another.
If you’re not accustomed to exercise or have any kind of health conditions, “PLEASE” see your DOCTOR prior to beginning any fitness program.
Today’s entry is just one of many to come so check back regularly for tips and encouragement.
“Our” Goals:
1. To become a healthier you!
2. Encourage others to take Chuckie’s Challenge
3. Complete the first annual “Life Train” 5K walk / Run. Dates and locations to be annouced (expected early 2008 so we have one year to WORK IT OUT!).
Three P s : PRAY, PLAN & PREPARE with me to participate in this event! Wouldn’t it be great if all us passengers would plan to congregate for the 10K to celebrate our victory! That’s right, let’s claim the victory right NOW, in Jesus’s name.
If need be, begin workouts at home
You should get a good heart rate monitor. Keep your exercise heart rate with 50-80%max.
What is my exercise heart rate range?
Here’s how to find your heart rate range
Start by walking 30-45 minutes around the block, or on a treadmill in the morning. Keep your pace within your health condition. Use a exercise level that you could still talk out loud to someone next to you. If your breathing is hard enough, that you would really have trouble carrying on a conversation with someone else, you need to slow down or stop to rest.
If you have been told not to exercise by your doctor, because of your health condition, wait for this program, or any other, till you have full clearance. Stay within the guidelines of your doctor till you have clearance to move to a higher exercise level.