Sweat and Burn

Last evening's one-hour ride on the indoor bike ended up with me soaked in sweat. Of course, riding 15 feet away from a roaring fire in the wood stove helped. The ride helped stoke the fire of my metabolism, too.

The indoor bike is extremely durable. At this point, I have 1,450 miles on it, or the equivalent of halfway across the United States. I ride the indoor bike when light or poor weather conditions prevent outdoor rides. It takes away one more excuse to skip exercising.

I welcome the sweat. The physical portion of the Younger Next Year program encourages us to sweat when we do aerobics and to burn when we lift weights. Certainly, we want to avoid injuries or overwork. But we do want to make the most efficient gains, and monitoring the sweating and burning is a good way to do just that.