...you're crankier than a 2 year old teething; you crave sugar all day; and all you want to do is sleep, even after getting a full night's sleep the night before. I am all of the above today and have, in keeping with being smart (some of the time anyway), decided to take the day completely off from exercise. That is, of course, with the exception of doing some "physical work" while teaching my kettlebell class later this evening.
If there's one thing I've found with the higher intensity weight training and unorthodox methods that I've been using lately, it's that you've got to make sure your programming is intelligent. It's an absolute MUST that you layer workouts correctly and a MUST that you take ample time to recover. The problem, in my opinion, with programs like CrossFit, is that they do not (in many cases) program accordingly. Clients get burned out, injured, or just plain unmotivated to kill it every day. For a highly motivated person, burnout might take longer, but regardless of anything, the body is going to break down.
I'm getting the hang of this myself. As I alluded to in yesterday's post, I'm finding these high intensity workouts to be quite useful given my lack of time and general rushing around type of lifestyle. Things will eventually settle down, but I'm learning a great lesson in terms of my own fitness goals. I'm now more well rounded than I've been in a while-combining strength and muscle while still maintaining a certain (albeit less) level of endurance. For me, and for my goals this season, it's a worthwhile compromises. Enduro races combine the best aspects of DH racing and XC racing, all on the same mountain bike. You'll ride a lot, so I'll need the "legs", but the real races is on the declines, and that's where the extra muscle will come in handy.
So all in all things are going good with my personal goals. I've been big into making whole food juices (more on that in another post), and my diet in general has not been this good since I can't remember when. I'm noticing much greater energy levels as well as recovering much better from these workouts. I'd always thought that protein was the most important part of muscle recovery, but now I'm convinced that on the whole, getting in veggies and fruits in ADDITION to solid protein is equally important. When these stars align, things are gonna be groovy.
This is our new blog detailing our daily adventures, mountain bike racing, endurance sports, and maybe even some cooking (that's Anne's domain!). We will share our experiences with life, training, and most importantly, being a team-both in marriage and in our sport.
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