Ok. I will follow every one of all of your suggestions. then call me an ambulance! LOL.
I am 5' 9" and about 175 pounds. Probably about 10-15 pounds overweight. I have been that way for 10 years no matter what I eat. No sugar, low carbs, excercise every day for 3 monthe, 175 lbs. Diet shot to hell, sweets and burgers, exercise once a week for 3 months, 175 lbs. guess I shouldn't complain.
One big thing. I have a pace maker. I am only 42 (I was 40 when I had the pacemaker put in) I have a faulty nerve which carries the impulse to the heart to beat. Problem is, that If my heart rate goes above 150 for over 7 minutes, the pacemaker automaticly reduces my rate to 72. this is because it is not unknown for older people with heart problems to have a runaway heart attack. Problem is, I am 42 and fairly active. The pacemaker people have been working on me to adjust the pacemaker. But believe it or not, the technician has never had this problem come up. He said "hey, these machines usually go into 80 year olds.". So my docter told me to train this way for a year. If I don't croak, I can raise my upper limit to 160 whcih is not too much lower than the target rate of your average non pacemaker wearing 42 year old.
I thought I was in good shape but I was just in better shape thn I was before I started training. I will continue the way I have been, weather or not I go elk hunting next year. I will try to get to altitude a week early if I do.....or train with a plastic bag over my head!
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