Treadmill workouts

I’m not sure what the title means. But yes, I kept going on today’s workout and hit 5 km, and a little more to boot, coming in at just over 48 minutes total.

There was a bit of a goof-up for the first 15 minutes, though, as I inadvertently left the incline at zero when it should have been 5. I changed it when I noticed, but still got in what would be a full regular workout with the usual incline settings.

And the workout went well! I watched four videos and by the end the main reason I stopped was not just because my YouTube queue was now empty, but I also really had to pee. I should have gone before I started, just as one should do before embarking on any kind of long journey.

For the record, the videos were:

• Let’s Game It Out – creepy internet gaming café
• Brad Colbow – on NFTs (he is not exactly pro-NFT)
• Linus Tech Tips – should you buy the most popular gaming keyboard on Amazon (A: No)
• Dave2D – on how Snapdragon’s new SoC maybe doesn’t suck after all. Also I think his hair looks different.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

Farther: I walked 4.97 km. If I had known I was so close to 5K, I would have gone another 30 seconds or whatever.

Slower: As expected, the longer distance meant my pace was a bit slower overall, but pretty swift early on, as per usual.

Overall, I am pleased by the extra length and sweatiness and such. I have the fan turned up to 7 to cool off instead of the usual 3. I watched three videos, with the first two taking me far enough past 30 minutes that I felt like, what the heck, may as well keep on walking till the end. They were Snazzy Labs looking at Universal Control on Macs (was decent), a Let’s Game It Out on a game called The Maze, which seemed to drive Josh slowly mad, until he realized it was too boring to continue (was okay–I felt kind of bad for him, mazes are the worst) and finally a discussion from LTT on why PC ports still kind of suck (was okay, but really just looking to pad out the queue with something shorter).

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

The faster part was my pace, a sizzling 9:00/km. The slower part was my BPM at a somewhat weirdly low 120. I mean, it’s good. I guess I was in a groove. I watched a long Let’s Game It Out that seemed to be a car repair sim (?) set in “East Canada.” Also, a short Tom Scott video on language. I love Scott’s voice. It’s strangely soothing.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

Today I really wanted to get out and go for a good walk. Not necessarily a run, but a nice brisk walk. But the rain relentlessly poured down all day, and I did not really feel like doing a brisk walk while getting soaked to my butt and beyond.

By mid-evening, it was clear the activity rings on my Apple Watch were not going to close while I sat staring at a computer screen, so I got on the treadmill for a record (?) fourth day in a row. Rings complete, woo!

The actual workout was probably a tad better than typical evening exercise (I always seem to be slower, like my body has already switched to sleepy time bed mode).

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

Three days into February and three treadmill workouts. Woo! How long can I keep this streak going? Will I ever go outside to exercise again? Just what the heck is going on?

Answers:

• Yes! But I can’t say for how long. Maybe another day. Maybe more.
• Yes! When? Soon, perhaps. How soon is soon? Let’s say before Valentine’s Day.
• It’s just my crazy life.

The workout was fine, nothing out of the ordinary–which is good! Out of the ordinary would probably mean falling off the treadmill or something.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

I decided today would be a cheat day and ate some of a Ritter Sport bar not long before getting on the treadmill. This made me feel kind of gross as the candy roiled about in my system while I walked at a very brisk pace. I will not mix chocolate and exercise again.

Despite this, the workout went well. Pace was up a wee bit, BPM down a wee bit, so all things in balance. Plus, I learned from Let’s Game It Out that if you want 200 pets in The Sims 4, the game won’t stop you.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

I’m not entirely sure how accurate the numbers are, but it’s good enough for me.

I slapped a bunch of random stuff into the YouTube queue (TechQuickie, Tom Scott, Thomas Frank, Ryan George, The Corridor Crew) and somehow it came out to about 32 minutes, which is pretty dang good for random slapping.

The workout went fine, pace improved slightly, BPM holding steady. Nothing else to really say, so have some stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

Or 4 km, if you prefer.

A late afternoon workout, watching a 35-minute Snazzy Labs ranking of every iPhone ever and learning that his church apparently sent him (Quinn Nelson) to Bolivia in the mid 2010s, which is one of those weird “Who knew?” facts. Like, was he a missionary or something? I kind of hope not, but oh well.

As for the workout, it went a tad longer than usual, so I hit just over 4 km. Pace and BPM were good. Also, I did 17 treadmill workouts this month, more than one every other day. Go me!

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

After a day of stuff, I was all, “Whoa, my exercise ring needs another 22 minutes and it’s like already past 10 p.m. Oh no!”

And then I did a half hour workout on the treadmill and everything was fine.

I watched a mix of Ryan George and Let’s Game It Out and the latter’s adventures with a Keanu clone and Rusty were both delightful and wrong.

The workout went fine, all stats looking good. Comedy apparently motivates me like nothing else.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

I’m running (ho ho) out of things to say for the treadmill workouts. Fortunately, most seem to go well, and today’s was in line with that.

I once again, watched a set of queued videos from YouTube, and this time the queue worked, woo. The videos were from Let’s Game It Out, Brad Colbow and Tech Quickie.

The workout went well, starting very fast. The overall pace is lower than expected, possibly because I started slacking off after hitting 3 km. My pace breakdown:

• 1 km: 8:58
• 2 km: 9:06
• 3 km: 9:06
• 4 km: 9:26 (note this km only went 0.26 km in total)

Still, BPM was good and I felt fine, so I’m not going to complain.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

I tried to get the YouTube queue working and it sort of did, so ended up watching two Corridor Crew videos. I like these guys. They’re young and enthusiastic and goofy and remind me of what I was kind of like a hundred or so years ago.

As for the workout, it was pretty speedy again, slowing down a tad in the third km. BPM was up a little, but in line with the effort, I think. I felt like I sweated more.

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)

I got the Let’s Game It Out World Box video to finish playing, woo. I have no idea why it worked today. But then it didn’t play the next video I had queued up, boo. Instead, it played another Let’s Game It Out video, so I just watched more. It led to five minutes more of the workout, which is okay by me. More exercise = more better health!

And it went quite well today, for some reason. My form was good, my pace relentless, my sweat prodigious. And that’s about it!

Stats:

Speed: 6.5
Incline: 5

Pace: 8:51/km (8:49/km)
Time: 48:43 (47:05)
Distance: 5.50 km (5.34 km)
Calories burned: 478 (335)
BPM: 130 (120)