New to Cathe Rotation and I need advice

[bayerngirl]

Hi All-
I'm doing the Nov.06 Rotation. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. Never done a rotation before. My question, can I do the elliptical or anything else (I do have the Hard Core series)for the 45 min. run and get the same effect??? I haven't run in a very long time. My 20 min. run turned out to be a 3 min. run walk 3 min.run.I would love to get back into running, but I'm running out of air. Any advice would be greatly apricated.
Belinda

 

[peanut1129]

Hi Belinda,

Congratulations on keeping up with the rotation--they can be tough. I pretty much think you can sub any cardio for the run. I think the idea is to make that day a "cardio" day(as opposed to a weight day) so you would be fine doing the elliptical. A great running program to get back into it is the Couch to 5K program found on www.coolrunning.com. It works on intervals so it really breaks you back into running. By the way, we have a rotation check-in over on the check-ins forum. Feel free to stop by and good luck!

 

[bayerngirl]

Hi Jennifer,
thank you so much for the quick reply. I'm going to check the couch to 5k web site and the rotation check-in out right now. I know I'm in for a long hard journey.....Thanks again ! Belinda