Enjoy a new schedule

I said in my last post that I decided to reduce my amount of exercise to what my cardiologist actually thinks I am doing. This comes up to 90 minutes a day on average cycling, with 3 upper body strength session of 30 minutes a week. Because of this I can still get a few longer cruises from 2 to 2 1/2 hours. What changes especially is that my longest days do not exceed more than 2 1/2 hours, and hard days are shorter than they were. This has been felt great so far after a few days worth. And it is much easier to fit it all.

Last Tuesday my group and I drove to the southeast of Morgan Hill up in the hills, ended up in the Gilroy Sports Complex and then back on Santa Teresa Blvd to our lunch stop. This was upright and felt great. I now tolerate longer upright journeys, including standing stairs, without SI joint or sciatica. I think that all the back -related PT that I have done is bearing fruit.

Wednesday I made my first hard ride on the new schedule, which was shorter than in the past after 90 minutes. This meant a 40 -minute cruise followed by a few intervals. To prevent me from being out of breath, of which I am not sure if it is good for my aortic valve, I have not done any more intervals, instead opted for shorter sprint intervals and on the bicycle training. I have tried something new that is in high gear while you go uphill. With my “standing bar” that I mentioned here, I can do this very upright. If you do this while you pull this on the bars, the back load nicely, so that it is good for the spine and the legs. This was nice, so I will add it to the repertoire. Yesterday was the hard day of the upper body, which was poor-cycling plus isometric training for 30 minutes with resistance tires, followed by a 45-minute recovery ride.