Should you train tired?
garyroberts
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Good afternoon campers.....
....question is simple. Should you train when tired? I don't mean tired as in 'trained hard all week' tired. I mean tired as in 'got up at 4:15am, drove 9 hours to newcastle and back' tired. So its not that my body (muscles and stuff) are tired......its just me! If you know what i mean.
Anyway, to train? Or not to train?
P.S. If yes then it'll be an hour on the turbo doing intervals.
would appreciate your experience and advice [:D]
....question is simple. Should you train when tired? I don't mean tired as in 'trained hard all week' tired. I mean tired as in 'got up at 4:15am, drove 9 hours to newcastle and back' tired. So its not that my body (muscles and stuff) are tired......its just me! If you know what i mean.
Anyway, to train? Or not to train?
P.S. If yes then it'll be an hour on the turbo doing intervals.
would appreciate your experience and advice [:D]
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If you are tired due to sleep issues then I would of thought training would be ok! If you start to get more tired on the turbo then stop as you may fall off.
It is definately an iteresting question and one I have considered myself. I sometimes perform much better when I and tured and cant be bothered. Sometimes you just have to push that bit harder!
To conclude, I cant see it being an issue but I bet you sleep well tonight!
Can't remember the exact process for each though - probably came from Joe Friels training bible if that helps....
[:D]
Thanks
So, following the advice of Joe Friel ("give it five minutes and if you still don't want to carry on, stop. today was just not your day, leave it til tomorrow") I got on my bike. five minutes down the road and i was hating it. stubbornness carried me a further five miles, after which point i pulled over and burst in to tears.
I have since learned to listen to my body and although she is capable of a fair bit, she also appreciates a good old fashioned rest!!
What is your body saying to you, Gary?!
I find my best training sessions are on days when i feel tired, you just kind of switch off and crack on with it!
Well, mostly it says things like, "stop feeding me choc chip cookies and lager"
but seriously, i think i just need to look after myself more, better food and more sleep would be a great start - honestly, i think right, but do wrong
I've just done 45 mins on the turbo, not great but not bad, i'll have a better day tomorrow - speed and hill intervals on the treadmill....
Yes! There are two types of tired. Tired from the above, and tired from training/physical exertion. You are feeling a "dead" sort of tired - where the body has done nothing - except got up early, and been dragged around by your mind for a bit.
What I find is a short sharp anything that gets the heart rate going will make you feel rejuvenated. And then ready for a nice refreshing sleep a bit later. 20 minutes LT workout would be ideal. Go to the gym, set the treadmill (after a 5 or 10 mins of warm up) to 2.5% incline, 8 miles per hour. Then set it for 20 minutes and have a run! (I'm guessing a bit on your VDOT - but you can look this up in your copy of JD!). And off you go. A few weights - core and stretches. And it will feel like you are alive again.
I love that! When I'm tired and don't want to cook dinner I can say to the kids 'look, I've been dragged around by my mind ALL day so YOU cook dinner!'
Cue CPT333.............
Rest day Monday.
I did my longest ever swim last night - 44 lengths of Hampstead Lido (60m) = 2640m.
Needless to say I was tired all day today.
The answer?
Late afternoon 10 min jog, 5 x 1,000m at 3:58 even per set, 10 minute jog home.
Feel great now.
Beats coffee every time!!