I may have overdone it. I went from a pain of 1 or 2 directly after doing the bike to about a 6 or 7 about an hour or so later. After three and a half hours of lying in bed in pain, unable to sleep, debating, given that I can drive but do not have a working car and do not have prospects for fixing it soon, I finally took something stronger than Tylenol and fell asleep. Now, six hours later, I'm still a little sore, especially in my knees, hips, legs, and buttocks. Five sessions are just too much for me, although I know my roommate was very proud of me for hitting the magic number. I'll stick with my normal three; it seems to work well, four if I'm really feeling it. Peter, my physical therapist, said to count PT as a session, so definitely no more than three those days.
PS, I have also made peace with the fact that I cannot adjust the pedals all the way. There are six settings outward. I can do four and still pedal. I have made it to five briefly on passive, but cannot pedal actively and certainly not on resistance with it. I have not even tried six. I am 5'3". My knees only go so far. It occurred to me that this machine is built for people of all sizes, and I am on the lower end. I must make peace with that.
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