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Written by Nathan on January 14, 2009 at 11:22 pm from A Month of Resolve.
Written by Nathan on January 14, 2009 at 11:22 pm from A Month of Resolve.
There’s a reason to delight in well packaged expression. It has the right heft, balance and economy with maximum impact. A poorly structured expression, though, is every bit as intolerable at this post’s title.
I think an awkward expression is the best analogy for a stationary bike I can find. I’ve already aired my grievances with treadmills, but in comparison to the bike, the treadmill is pure delight. I biked 10 miles in 30 minute (going slow at first and taking 16 minutes for my first 3). But in that time, I barely broke a sweat and managed to read two magazines. (Related: US News and World Report is a horrible magazine.) Yet somehow that time spent info-gorging was considered a workout.
Little about the inelegant workout a stationary bike offers seems particularly legitimate. Sure there’s a certain technical marvel at work allowing me to pedal without forward motion. But the workout was impossibly easy regardless of how hard I pushed. The physical feedback never matched the effort and at the end of 30 minutes I read off an imaginary number of calories I certainly did not burn from the machine.
Like a clumsy phrase, tonight’s time at the Y left me ill at ease. I know there was some form of aerobic exercise that took place, but on the whole it just seems like I would’ve been treading less water in an actual pool.
In the next day or two, I’ll head to the local running store (thanks for the tips!) to try to find a pair of shoes that will correct whatever problems may be causing me pain. Bush has less than a week left in office and I need to get going.