My training

Training is going well, some workouts are better than other.  

This week I did two workouts on the step mill machine at the gym, 4 minute sprints with about 4 minutes rest (walking or slow climbing) repeated x3, the third workout I did in my condo stair well, 7 runs up 127 steps.  The step mill machine is harder because you don't have to stop and go back down to the basement, but I'm a bit faster on my condo stairs because I'm not as worried about falling off a machine that is basically an escalator.  Also, the step machines do not have an emergency stop, you have to look at the keypad and firmly press a little red button no bigger than the top of my thumb to stop it!!  So you either have to pace yourself or risk not being able to hit that little button.  The ironic thing is that the treadmills, which are infinitely less risky than the step mill has a huge, red, easily pressed emergency stop (stair mill designers take note!).

I've also been trying to do some intense cardio burst during bootcamp, today I did a circuit consisting of 1 mintue skipping, 3x30 second sprints on the treadmill, 3x30 second bike sprints with shoulders, and 2x3 ladder cycle.  I repeated circuit twice then went back to the weight circuits on the board.

The plan for next week is to do 4-5 minute sprints on the stair mill, cardio circuits at bootcamp and another stair climb in my condo (and pilates and yoga to balance things out).