I told you I would decide today, and it didn't take me long to commit to toughing out another day without exercise. It's really quite amazing what happens to the human body when you push it too far. I could still feel the effects of last Tuesdays run when I got up this morning. For me to be sore 3 days after what turned out to be quite a short run, is indeed unusual….and not very amusing! I can't tell you for a fact, but I would bet that if I had just walked all the way home that day I would be much better off today. I'm not sure of the physiology of it, but it seems to me that when you go beyond a certain point, that you're actually damaging tissue beyond it's ability to bounce back in a normal manner. Probably there's some research out there to support that, but I'm too lazy to look for it.
Meanwhile I'm just trying to stay amused and relaxed, so I thought a nice quiet swim might be in order. Roo took the kids to the Adventure park, and so I had the afternoon to myself. It wasn't until I had arrived at the pool and received a text from Roo about how busy the play place was, that I remembered…..March break!!!
So a quiet swim was definitely not in the cards, but I didn't really care since it wasn't gonna be anything serious anyway. I amused myself by experimenting with my lousy stroke, including doing some no breathing lengths. The rationale behind "no breathers" is that you can focus on your body position and your stroke, without the distraction of turning your head to breathe. Some people even believe it is a good way to develop fitness, but I don't think there's much logic in that.
After I had done a few 25 metre lengths like this I got to wondering how far I could actually go without breathing, since I still felt quite good after 25 metres. So I went down and back! Yup! Fifty metres! No problem either. I didn't think it was a wise time to stress my body too much so I left it at that, but I know I could have done more.
Then I sat in the hot tub for 15 minutes before coming home to clean a bathroom. Just for you John! And even if it is good for me, it didn't amuse me at all
Tomorrow I know I will have to do something more but I don't know what that is yet. Unfortunately all this nonsense has made me realize that perhaps I'm not a very good judge of what's too much? I'll try to be careful.
swim 1000 metres
"A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused."---Shirley Maclaine
Love
Peter
Meanwhile I'm just trying to stay amused and relaxed, so I thought a nice quiet swim might be in order. Roo took the kids to the Adventure park, and so I had the afternoon to myself. It wasn't until I had arrived at the pool and received a text from Roo about how busy the play place was, that I remembered…..March break!!!
So a quiet swim was definitely not in the cards, but I didn't really care since it wasn't gonna be anything serious anyway. I amused myself by experimenting with my lousy stroke, including doing some no breathing lengths. The rationale behind "no breathers" is that you can focus on your body position and your stroke, without the distraction of turning your head to breathe. Some people even believe it is a good way to develop fitness, but I don't think there's much logic in that.
After I had done a few 25 metre lengths like this I got to wondering how far I could actually go without breathing, since I still felt quite good after 25 metres. So I went down and back! Yup! Fifty metres! No problem either. I didn't think it was a wise time to stress my body too much so I left it at that, but I know I could have done more.
Then I sat in the hot tub for 15 minutes before coming home to clean a bathroom. Just for you John! And even if it is good for me, it didn't amuse me at all
Tomorrow I know I will have to do something more but I don't know what that is yet. Unfortunately all this nonsense has made me realize that perhaps I'm not a very good judge of what's too much? I'll try to be careful.
swim 1000 metres
"A person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused."---Shirley Maclaine
Love
Peter
It's easy for me to sit here and decide, I mean judge your situation! Isn't that ironic? I guess in reality it's always easy to judge someone else eh? Anyhow, I actually find cleaning my bathroom to be very rewarding! Not that I really enjoy it so much as it means my wife doesn't have to do it.
ReplyDeleteLove the quote bro, keep working on the part of your body that can't be overtrained.........it's above your shoulders!
Love happy odd john