Quote Originally Posted by Tuckervill View Post
On Wednesday we did a cardio circuit, and in the middle we checked heart rate. Mine was 120! I was barely even sweating. Everyone else's was in the 150 range. I choose to interpret that to mean I can do the same thing they can and not get my heart rate so high. Improvement, right??
You go! Sounds like the perfect rationale. Now figure out how to make it harder.

teigyr - some of the boot camps have options that let you go only a couple days a week. If you are using it to supplement other workouts, it could really help your training. Whenever I suddenly got the wild urge to try running again, I always went through a period of sore back and ribs. My back always seemed to be a weak point with running. I haven't tried running any kind of distance lately, but the workouts have made my core so much stronger that I think I could start running again without the pain. We rented BC nordic skis today so tomorrow's ski workout should be a good indication of overall body strength. I'll report back. But see what the couple day a week packages cost. Perhaps you could squeeze those into your budget. You might even just be able to buy a couple classes just to try it out and plan next winter's budget.

I'm going have to try Tuckervill's ab-dogs . . .