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Another hour on the stepping machine today. I'm not sure which I like less, the cold of the balcony on the rollers or the heat of Kashiwazaki gym's training room. Maybe it's just me, but I'm losing litres of water in sweat loss each time...

Love the stepping machine though. Warm up for 5 minutes building it up to level 20. At level 20 the heart rate creeps up slowly. Break 150HR at the 25 minute mark. Creep over 160HR at the 35 minute mark. After 45 minutes I'm flirting with lactate threshold 170 HR. Concentrating on breathing. Concentrating on stepping rhythm. Keep the heart rate aerobic. Beware the red zone...

Two days of this is quite hard in relation to other kinds of cross training. I'll go for a swim tomorrow...

Wednesday's training:

Stepping machine - level 20, 115 SPM x 60 mins

Floor mat - stretching exercises