Cheap Exercise Machine
It has been cold and wet here in Boone this winter. As a result I have not been getting enough exercise, not even the minimal amount that I get from just getting out and about. So I was trying to figure out what to do about it. Cold wet snow on the Greenway Trail where I usually walk. The local Boone Mall is tiny, at least it is enclosed, but it is a three mile drive each way.
Then I realized I have an exercise machine right here in the apartment. A brief trial had my heart rate up to 300, far higher that is safe for someone my age. So what is this fabulous exercise machine?
The stairs to the upper floor of my apartment.
Ten laps at a normal pace was all it took to get my heart rate up to that high figure. Which proves I am way out of shape. That is 15 steps up and 15 steps back down. When you think of it it is the same as climbing ten stories and walking back down, enough to get anyone’s heart beating kind of fast.
Which goes to show you do not necessarily need money to accomplish your purpose, whatever that may be.