Enjoying a new schedule – Bionicoldguy

In my last post, I mentioned that I decided to reduce my exercises to what my cardiologist actually thinks I do. This works within 90 minutes a day in cycling, with 3 session of upper body strength 30 minutes a week. This still allows me to enter a few longer cruises from 2 to 2 1/2 hours. What is changing is that my longest days do not exceed 2 1/2 hours, and the hard days are shorter than they were. This has felt great so far in a few days. And it’s much easier to fit all this.

Last Tuesday, my group and I drove southeast of Morgan Hill up the hills, ending at the Gilroy Sports Complex and then spinning on Santa Teresa Blvd. to our lunch stop. That was my upright and I felt great. Now I tolerate the longer upright rides well, including pedaling of standing, without SI joint or sciatica. I think all the PTs I do is pay off.

On Wednesday, I made my first difficult trip on the new schedule, which was broader than in the past 90 minutes. It meant a 40 -minute cruise, followed by some intervals. To avoid too much breathing, which I am not sure is good for my aortic valve, I did not make more intervals, instead to choose shorter sprint intervals as well as workouts by motorcycles. I tried something new that stands on a high gear as it goes up. With my « standing bar » that I mentioned here, I can do this very upright. Doing this, while pulling on the grilles, loads your back well, so it is good for the spine as well as the legs. That was nice, so I’ll add it to the repertoire. Yesterday was a difficult day on the upper body, which was 30 minutes to cycling hands plus isometric training with resistance straps, followed by a 45-minute ride for recovery.