Anyone else have to build up to full workout?

Yep! I am coming back from injuries and still have to be thoughtful.

Slow and steady wins the race. So, we just do what we can do and add to that each day.

Keep it up and you'll see results.

Kristine

I have asthma and a heart murmur. On the first of January, when I started, my goal was simply to be able to walk for 30 minutes straight without having an asthma attack. Then I worked up to walking at a certain mph (3.0) Then worked up to slightly longer workouts, sometimes with jogging intervals. I have had 2 asthma attacks since starting out, but i'm doing so much better than I was when I started. My heart used to race really badly, but now it slows down much easier...

I am the same. I had to build up too. One of the things I did was to break it up. 2*15 mins. Once in the morning and once in the afternoon unitil i could do a full 30 mins morning and afternoon. I then built on that. Some people told me I was nuts and that does not work. It worked for me. So its what ever feels right for you.

heck yeah. when i first started doing the elliptical I could barely do 5 minutes. I wasn't overweight, but I was definitely out of shape. keep going and u'll build your stamina back up. good luck!

Of course You can't expect to go out all gung-ho and do an insane workout right away. Well, you could...but you'll probably end up hurting something, or burning yourself out, or who knows.

I thought I was in pretty good shape, doing my cardio...then today I attempted a hike up a mountain with a 1000 foot ascent and realized I wasn't even close to being ready for it, despite being able to keep up full-speed for 1hr 15 mins at my zumba class. So, I'm going to have to work my way up to the full mountain. I will get there eventually.

And you'll get there eventually, and then you'll add more time to it and look back and be proud about how far you've came.

Oh yeah. I was getting winded just walking from my apartment to our car (which is a good 100 yards away), especially if I was carrying the baby or any bags. I've had to work my way up on how long, how fast, and how hard I can work. I've been doing a bunch of different work out videos, walking, pushing the baby in the stroller, carrying the baby around, and all kinds of other things and adding them up to make my workout for the day. I've also been working on doing Richard Simmons videos. I've got one that's 50 minutes long. I worked on it on Thursday and was only able to do 26 minutes of it, Friday I made it to 32 minutes, and today I got up to 35 minutes. I do the warm ups, part of the middle, and the cool down. I've still got 3 songs to add before I'm at the full length of the tape, but I'm adding a song at a time until I can do it all. I had no idea how out of shape I really was until I started working out. I've gone from only being able to do 10-15 minute of extra stuff in a day to doing 2 hours of exercise today.

I just started on this site this week. I have been very good at doing SOME cardio on my elliptical at home.

EVERYONE has to build up their endurance. Set reasonable goals. Advance slowly. Stick to it. You'll do great.