u/bighead2586

Aloha guys I'm a 54 year old man, 6 feet tall and 205 pounds. Been on a weight loss/wellness push for the last couple months with an eye to being back in shape for my 55th birthday on Christmas. I've gotten back into tennis and have been playing for an hour or two a few days a week. Most mornings I also get out of bed and immediately do a moderately fast (around 3.7mph) walk near my house for about 45 minutes.

On days where I don't play tennis, I try to get on the treadmill to get my heart rate up into zone 2 because my morning walk doesn't get me anywhere near that level.

Right now I do eight minutes increments for 4 rounds on a 10 degree incline (my treadmill's steepest setting). I divide each round into 6 minutes at 4mph and 2 minutes at 3mph to get my breath back. I sweat profusely in my hot garage and the 6 minutes at 4mph definitely gets my heart rate into zone 2 and maybe a bit higher.

Sometimes it feels like I'm doing too much on my treadmill and not enough on my morning walks LOL. Anyone with advice on how I could fine tune my routine?

I've had the car for a little over two years and it's been fun having a manual transmission again. Currently I have the Accord and a high mileage 2011 RX 350 and I don't need two cars anymore. Also there's a family situation where I need to come out of pocket around $1000 a month for the foreseeable future. I'd rather keep the Honda but I'm getting $18K for it (paid $17K for it two years ago so I'd say I did well) and I'd only get $7500 at most for the Lexus. The RX runs like a champ and I hope to get a few more good years out of her.

It'll be interesting to see how much I miss the Accord. I would say I've enjoyed having it, but it wouldn't be my favorite car I've ever owned if I had to rank them all.

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