I’m a 66-year-old stroke survivor. In June 2009 I suffered an haemorrhagic stroke which hospitalised me for 10 months and forced me into early retirement.
I concluded a while ago that the resolution to my problems largely existed between my ears. If I wanted to progress towards recovery, I needed to set achievable and measureable goals and targets.
We built a basement gym last year and I have a trainer who visits for two 60-minute sessions a week. I’m also have gym sessions where I regularly cycle for 12km at a cadence of 60 strokes per minute.
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We’ve just bought a treadmill for the gym and I’m gradually increasing the distance covered from a very low start. I need to concentrate to maintain my balance so it’s very tiring.
I can cover 12km in a session on my recumbent exercise bike but only about 150m on the treadmill. Still, onwards and upwards, eh?!
Good luck Nick, this is a brilliant programme and a great way of starting running. Keep the speed on your running machine very slow so that you can do the running needed. If you find it hard to balance on the treadmill, it’ll soon be spring and there’s nothing like being in the open air and seeing the world go by.
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