Weight beforehand: 357.8 lbs
Length: 40 minutes
Program: The Pedestal. See below. Here's the visual.
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Elliptical Reported Calories Burned: 525
Rating: I call this program the Pedestal because it's the one my wife uses. She burned 550 calories using it yesterday. The elliptical can't report the burning of my eyes from the sweat pouring into them, or my heart jumping out of my chest and slapping me upside the head while screaming "What where you thinking?!"
All hyperbole aside, this was a tough program. I'm going to call my regular program The Train because it has plenty of time for me to start slow and get up to speed before trying to hold that speed through the harder section and then cooling down. The Pedestal is just a mountain climb with no chance to get up to any speed. I had to just start slow and try not to stop.
It got me thinking about the amount of resistance fought versus the total possible amount of resistance. Our elliptical machine goes up to level 12, and if you did that for 40 minutes, you'd do 12 * 40 = 480 Resistance Units (RU). If you add up the resistances from the Train, you get 150 RU, or 31.25% of the Total Possible Resistance Units (TPRU). The Pedestal adds up to 289 RU, or 60.21% TPRU.
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