My new crosstrainer was finally delivered on Friday. It’s a 2008 model Tunturi C85, purchased locally.
I’m glad I bought it locally and had the guys bring it upstairs and assemble it. I couldn’t believe how many pieces it came in. There were a million little screws and washers. The assembly instructions are very complex.
I spent Friday and yesterday preparing a new release of Ruby/AWS, so I had no time to play with my new toy until today. This afternoon, however, I sat down and read the manual (yes, I’m the theoretical person about whom you always wondered whether he existed: the man who first reads the manual) and then climbed up for my first training session.
And what else would I choose but the Fat Burner 1 programme? Let’s face it, I have fat to burn, figuratively and literally.
I must say, the half an hour I spent on the machine, I really enjoyed myself. It did, indeed, bring back memories of my daily visit to the Google gym. One negative thing that reminded me of those visits was the annoyingly familiar numb feet by the end of it. I’m going to have to think of a way to avoid those.
Off the crosstrainer, a quick, refreshing drink, and then into the steam shower. Lovely! And all of that without even having to leave my own house. Wow.
I’m looking forward to literally putting the C85 through its paces in the days and weeks ahead. It has all kinds of amusing features. It even has a couple of USB ports for updating the firmware, storing programmes and music files, etc.