As I mentioned last time in my Shoulder Pain post, I had an appointment first thing on Wednesday. That appointment was an induction session at the Fitness Centre at my local university. I've signed up so that I can get the use of a wider range of cardio machines. Luckily for me they do an off-peak membership at very reasonable rates and it's only ten minutes drive away in the car.

Thus far I've been doing all of my cardio on my rowing machine. I wanted to ring the changes a bit, as your body adapts to any form of exercise and you need to find new ways of challenging it. Furthermore, the variety reduces the risk of overuse injuries.

In particular I wanted to get access to an elliptical trainer, as the motion of these devices is quite gentle on the knees. The university has Precor ellipticals and these are really nice to use. Compared to the rowing it seems to be much more straightforward to get my heart rate up to my target zone (135-142 bpm) and to keep it there.