Today's mission was an attempt to answer the perennial question as to whether it's better to do weights or cardio first, albeit we had no choice as the first thing Hilary and I needed to do was lift Miss T's 25 kg running machine (box) up a flight of narrow stairs to the room that she wanted it assembled in. Fortunately with two of us doing the heavy lifting, this proved to be reasonably painless, and we made sure we kept our form throughout the full range of motion...

Once unboxed, the running machine proved pretty straightforward to assemble, and Miss T had sufficient space that we could position it where she wanted it (and give her a good view of the garden whilst exercising too).

Of course we couldn't resist at least giving it a short test drive (just to check all was in order...), and it proved to be surprisingly quiet. Miss T has big plans to use it to get fitter, and we wished her well in taking on this challenge but cautioned about not getting too ambitious too quickly...the treadmill marathon can wait.