Rest
shadowone1
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Over the past week, I have felt really downbeat and tired. This started on Sunday and I decided that I should perhaps take a week off to rest to see if this helped.
However, I feel really guilty about it as I now have this mind set that I should train every day to the extent that I'm sweating buckets.
Perhaps I'm overdoing as my first tri is in March?
Do other people take rest periods after prolonged periods and whilst I think if the body is telling you to rest and you do rest, how can you stop the guilty feeling?
I'm going to have decent run tomorrow and get back into the training regime but just wondered about what other folks do/feel etc[X(]
However, I feel really guilty about it as I now have this mind set that I should train every day to the extent that I'm sweating buckets.
Perhaps I'm overdoing as my first tri is in March?
Do other people take rest periods after prolonged periods and whilst I think if the body is telling you to rest and you do rest, how can you stop the guilty feeling?
I'm going to have decent run tomorrow and get back into the training regime but just wondered about what other folks do/feel etc[X(]
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The weather may not be helping the way you feel either.
David.
It's the rest and recovery that makes you stronger!
Graham
I know exactly how you feel, just one day off and i feel like i'm letting myself down! I have a shoulder niggle at the moment, i think its due to the amount of swimming i'm doing - but if i were to leave swimming out of my training until the shoulder is better i fear it will be too long a lay off. What to do?
Just to add to that a little, are you eating right? Are you getting all the high energy food you need to keep yourself feeling good? I for one don't [:(] I'm training a lot and eating chicken salads and then a bag a crisps!!!!! So until i get that sorted i don't expect to feel on top of the world!
Good luck for March.
And hope it gets better soon!
a couple of years ago, I had the same thing over a period of months where as I was upping my volume, I would start to feel constantly exhausted and found it hard to get motivated. I'd then rest up completely but the same thing would happen a couple of weeks later.
I eventually found that althoughi was eating a pretty healthy diet, I just wasn't eating enough to sustain the amount of activity I was doing.
After a few weeks of upping my intake gradually, making sure I ate more regularly and not ignoring my body when it was telling me i was hungry I felt 100% better.
Rest, sleep and good nutrition are every bit as important as pounding out the miles / lengths.
This interests me. I'm trying to lose some excess fat, but also trying to train. I get concerned that if I eat too much extra to cover the training, then I won't burn it off and will never lose the weight.
Rest - I rest more than I'd like - I try to fit in as much training as I can but usually have two or three blank days per week.
I think it's tricky getting the balance of losing weight and getting enough calories to train effectively.
If you eat eat too little, you may lose weight quickly but your training is likely to suffer.
but as you say, eat too much and you won't shift the excess that you want to.
For me it was a case of gradually increasing my intake so that I didn't feel constantly drained, but didn't put on any extra weight. I got to the point where I was weighing my all my food (and still frequently do).
If the weight is coming off slowly stick with it and it will go. if it's not, slightly reduce your daily intake (look for empty calories that can be cut out).
Just don't starve yourself!
Back to the original question...plan workouts..monthly cycles.build to a hard week & take an easy week..start again..siplest form of periodisation.