Posted on August 10th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Exercise |
What I’ve thought of as slacking off the last few weeks (and really, even though I don’t think I’ve used those words in reference to my workouts since I was about to leave on vacation, that’s kind of how things are) is also known as rest. So while excessive amounts of “rest” (I use the word a bit loosely here) can lead to deconditioning, there’s also some positives about rest.
For instance, my legs are much fresher than they’ve been when I’m on stretches of riding four or five days a week. My knees are much less tender than they are when I’ve run three of the last four days.
That doesn’t really make up for the four pounds I’m up right now.
It’s a tough balance between too little rest and too much. When I’m ambitious, there’s no question I’m resting too little; it involves thirteen workouts a week, many at 5 am, some at 8 pm, and three days a week of three workouts in a day. When I’m feeling burnt out or injured or just out and out lazy, there’s no question I’m resting too much; my weight goes up, my ankles swell, and my energy level starts swirling down the drain.
I’ll have to find the balance in between the two. Just not quite sure how.
Posted on August 7th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Exercise, Social aspects |
I’m feeling better. I’m still not back on my best sleeping schedule nor am I riding the way I want, but I’m starting to get back into a workout routine–and just in time. My schedule has little room for error–which is becoming very clearly a flaw. When I have a setback of some kind, I’m […]
Posted on August 6th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Medical care, Motivation, Social aspects |
We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog post for this moment to honor someone: Recently I started reading Fat Cyclist, a blog that started being about bike related jokes but ended up being about fighting cancer, both on a macro level (Team Fatty is the largest LIVESTRONG Challenge Team) and a micro level (the author’s wife, […]
Posted on August 5th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Bicycling, Exercise, Personal, Running, Social aspects, Swimming |
I’m trying. I feel like I’m without the time or energy to reach all of my goals–but I think I always feel like that. My weight is back down to 184 post trip, which is essentially the same as it was. I’ve done a couple of bike rides, I’ve gone geocaching, and I’ve run. I’ve […]
Posted on August 4th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Personal, Social aspects |
One of the biggest issues I run into while traveling is that I lose my sense of routine. It sometimes sounds odd that I follow a pretty strict regimen, but it makes it easier for me (parents can usually appreciate this as well). It goes like this: 4:45 am wake up, work out of some […]
Posted on August 3rd, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Personal, Social aspects |
I’m running out of time. In more ways than one, I’m running out of time. I have one more day of vacation after today, and I’m trying to squeeze in too many things, to make triple workout Thursday, for instance, into quadruple workout Thursday with a run to meet friends afterward, then to hike on […]
Posted on July 31st, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Exercise, Family, Medical care, Motivation, Organized events, Social aspects |
While I’m technically back at home, I’m still on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: There’s no question there’s a cost to working out. In some cases […]
Posted on July 30th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Bicycling, Exercise |
While I’m technically back at home, I’m still on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: Yesterday was my first workout since I came back from my trip […]
Posted on July 29th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Diet, Exercise, Social aspects, Training |
I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: Accountability is a word I hear thrown around a lot at work. Basically it’s used to let people know […]
Posted on July 28th, 2009 by ryan
Filed under Bicycling, Exercise, Running, Social aspects, Swimming |
I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: My story, if nothing else, is about not giving up and just starting over. I’ve lost some fitness the […]