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Cardio: Treadmill - 1hr hills (warmup, then incline from 10-20 degrees, x5 times) (785 calories, 3.1 miles, 2096 feet elevation climbed)

Analysis: While my RPE felt higher when the incline reached 30 degrees (and my labored breathing agreed), the treadmill rated my "calories per hour" higher at lower inclines when I could keep the speed up a tad, so that's what I did today.

Food: Lunch - chili, Dinner - French dip sandwiches

Life: Will eventually get around to watching "Quantumania" but likely wait for video or Disney+ release. I've still yet to watch Black Panther 2.

Cardio: Elliptical - 1hr hills - 800 calories

Food: Lunch - sweet and sour pork on rice, Dinner - spaghetti with side salad (no dressing)

Rehab: This morning was my first session of rehab exercises for my elbow. Kept the weight uber light, only a 3lb DB, but zero pain during and no soreness/stiffness now hours later. Over the next couple weeks I'll increase the weight used gradually. I'm thinking I could probably return to normal lifting earlier than April, but I'm gonna stick to the schedule by referencing an old adage I once heard and learned the hard way to live by: "after you think you're recovered from illness/injury, wait another day/week to be sure".

Cardio: Elliptical - 1hr hills (800 calories)

Food: Lunch - roast beef sandwich, Dinner - BBQ pork chops with potatoes

Cardio: Treadmill - 1hr hills (warmup, then incline from 10-20 degrees, x5 times) (785 calories, 3.1 miles, 2096 feet elevation climbed)

Analysis: My bad knee is starting to complain about lack of leg day lifting; had terrible knee pain before I started lifting years ago, lifting magically made it go away, but only if I kept lifting without a break. All this cardio requiring leg movement has helped, but it's not the same, and my knee is starting to figure that part out. Good thing my rehab exercises seem to be progressing nicely and I'm still on pace to resume lifting in April.

Food: Lunch - stroganoff, Dinner - spaghetti with side salad (no dressing) (my wife didn't feel up to eating Tuesday, so Thursday's stroganoff got served on Tuesday, and now Tuesday's spaghetti will be served tonight now that she's feeling better)

Life: Have a weekend work shift for the first time in ages Saturday, so will take tomorrow off.

Cardio: Treadmill - 1hr hills (warmup, then incline from 10-20 degrees, x5 times) (785 calories, 3.1 miles, 2096 feet elevation climbed)

Analysis: My son just broke up with his girlfriend, got blind drunk the other night and woke up still angry. So I pulled him along with me to the gym to get our sweat on, first by smoking him on my treadmill walk, then guiding him through a weightlifting regimen. Boy, I wanted to be the one throwing the iron around! I think it did him good, as he was calm in the hot tub after.

Food: Lunch - burger and fries, Dinner - baked chicken with buttered noodles

Cardio:
Treadmill - 1hr incline walk (3.3 miles, 820 calories, 2200 feet elevation gained)
Walk - 1hr (275 calories)

Analysis: This particular treadmill is capped at 15 degrees, so no hills this time, just working up to max incline and staying there the entire time. The additional walk is for my job asking me to go back and forth carrying paperwork between different security offices which are located more than a mile apart, since signatures are required and don't email well.

Food: Lunch - McDonald's, Dinner - Taco Tuesday

Cardio: Elliptical - 1hr hills (800 calories)

Food: Lunch - chicken strips with rice, Dinner - parmesan chicken with baked potato

Rehab: Increased the weight used during my elbow rehab exercises, from 3# DB's to 5# DB's, all went well. For the most part my elbow is almost completely back to normal, letting me grip things without apparent weakness nor pain, though admittedly I haven't tried lifting anything heavier than a fully loaded grocery bag. A couple times I've woken up with discomfort in my elbow from having slept in a wrong position, so there may be some truth to ninerbuff's assertion that the condition will never truly go away, but I'm still hopeful to resume normal lifting come April.