Where do our exercisers work out and what do you do?
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I just took about a week off. It was unplanned but not too surprising. I was traveling for our big annual conference and the hotel gym was kinda shit, so I ended up just doing 30m of bike or treadmill every day. Nothing more.
But man, I hit the gym today for the first real workout in a week and a was a PR machine. Everything was just easier than it had been.
Is this just a fluke or is a periodic recovery week that good?
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Welcome to Taperville.
At least that's what we called it in my marathon days. You train all summer eventually getting to 40-mile weeks (running), but as the race approaches, those last 2-3 weeks you reduce to only a few miles (maybe 10-15 miles for the whole week?) which is very easy. Come race day, you are rested, recovered, and your body is PEAK for performing. Hello, PR.
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I've never noticed any particular improvement after a few days off, but I'll be off today through Saturday so I'll try to notice. Normally I'm not stiff at all from lifting after my body got used to it, but I've upped my routine. I do 30 minutes of cardio (bike/elliptical) six days a week and alternate days of upper body with days of legs/core. I've added half a dozen machines I don't normally do and my body has been complaining a bit. It will get used to it.
Kluurs, I'm going to take a look at that Ladders program as I need to stretch more.
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I guess it depends on how hard you were training before the time off. You can get better simply because you were overtrained before (which is likely for you, as your reach exceeds your grasp). THere's a book called Hard Gainers by Stuart Mcrobert which illustrates his journey as a guy who can try way harder than the next guy, but didn't actually see results, until he relented on the effort.
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My V02 max declined a LOT over the past couple of years - very noticeable with my running. I was used to running 8 miles with a fair amount of ease. For the past couple of years, I've needed to do more walk/run kinds of things and for less distance - but...the past couple of weeks, I'm doing better and I'm seeing that reflected in my V02 as well as pacing. I'm not sure what to make of it - but being nearly 72, it may just be a moment of delusional good feelings.
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I've been incorporating more frequent rest days - one in three now - in order to do some more substantial bike training. Still doing something all 7 days, but want some days where I can push biking hard and not worry about how I'm fitting in the gym.
THat's the problem with biking seriously. Those long rides take serious time.
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Nothing much but I'm down to 210.9, which was a surprise. I was at 232 in July, then 223 in January, and even 219 in April, so almost a pound a week since then, which is a good pace. I'm sure it will slow.
Despite this thread subject, I have not been working out but am a very active dad with kids/projects around the house, so I get plenty of steps in after work lol. I've been eating better in that I keep my breakfast and lunches routine, and the big kicker BY FAR is I'm avoiding sitting on the couch and snacking at 10pm. Instead I'm vibe coding and drinking a diet 7-up.
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Bleak that the most effective fitness app is apparently just having children and no free will.
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