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Just finished Michelle Bridges Shape Up DVD.  This is the first form of formal exercise I have done in around 20 years!!!!!!!

I am amazed by myself that I actually managed to keep moving thru 80-90% of it.  There are few things that they do on the floor that I did not do - not the planks though, I did a version of those.  some things I am uncoordinated with and others I need to touch (not quite hang on to) a shelf for balance on one side.  But all in all I feel quite proud of myself.

I need to use my HRM a bit more to figure out how to get it to work.  I managed to get it going half way thru the DVD - 27.41 mins and 191 cals burned.  And my heart rate has dropped quite quickly.  I thought it would have been pounding along for awhile after I stopped working out.  The max it got to was 162 beats per min near the end.  Not sure if that is too high but am going to google it to see.

I now feel quite alert even if I am sweaty.  Although I am not as sweaty as I thought I would be - which is a bonus as I HATE having sweat drip from me.