I bike 14 miles into work Mon and Wed with 3 hours of WT training in the evening after work.
Tues, Thurs and Fri i do 4 mile runs at lunch sometimes with some stretching in the morning before work.
I usually relax/do social things at the weekend unless its a nice day when i go for another run.
I don't currently do any weights or core stability as i'm trying to work on Cardio to carry on loosing some weight. I reckon i might start doing some core Stability excercise though.
Problem is i have issues with lack of energy. I eat pretty healthily and don't drink much but sometimes i just don't seem to have any energy to get outside and do some excercise.
"I have been the whole day without eating, and the whole night without sleeping — occupied with thinking. It was of no use. The better plan is to learn."
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I'm no fitness expert but it takes time to build up. In the last few months I have increased my training significantly to 5/6 days and incorporate weights 2 days a week. It's really tough and I feel exhausted some days but it's about eating properly and hydrating. I now take a whey protein shake every day which helps my recovery. My schedule is Mon- kf/mma tues- cardio/weights weds-off thurs-sparring fri- cardio/weights/sparring sat- mma sun- cardio/sparring. Make sure you eat plenty of good stuff. I started upping my schedule without eating enough and I couldn't get out of bed one morning, when I did I fainted, so it's really important.
Sounds like you've maybe gotten into a monotonous routines.
How about changing everything completely?
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"I have been the whole day without eating, and the whole night without sleeping — occupied with thinking. It was of no use. The better plan is to learn."
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I think that may have something to do with it. I get settled and when i comes to getting up and doing something its that much more difficult. Like getting out of bed when its cold outside
I have to admit that my willpower is increasing however. A year ago you'd never have seen me voluntarily getting up at 6am to bike 14 miles into work, or going for a run at lunch.
"I have been the whole day without eating, and the whole night without sleeping — occupied with thinking. It was of no use. The better plan is to learn."
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Sounds to me Tom you might need a bit of a rest or a change of routine.
You are also doing a full time job and that can take it out of you. This means you are getting up early, a long cycleinto work and training on top of that, that's enough to wear anyone out!
I know that I'm getting tired as I'm getting to the end of term, so I'm taking that into consideration when I'm training and not giving myself a hard time when training doesn't go as well.
I also find myself peaking and troughing when training ie, I'll step it up when I've got a competition or grading coming up and step back when I haven't, I can't keep up a full on regime when I've got a full time job as well.
I think we need to put less pressure on ourselves!
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To be honest i find routine the only way i can effectively make myself excercise. Also i need a goal which currently is based around my WT training and loosing some more weight. Once the weight is lost i intend to tone some muscle and work a lot on Core Stability, flexibility and sensitivity.
"I have been the whole day without eating, and the whole night without sleeping — occupied with thinking. It was of no use. The better plan is to learn."
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I find putting pressure on myself works better really. I know what my goals are and until I reach them I give myself a hard time ,whether it is work or training.
Yep, definitely quality rest. I think it's perfectly possible to have a full on regime as well as working full time. Though it also depends what else you do.I'm pretty sad and don't go out much,I don't drink either,so I try and make use of my time training.It's really important to me so it doesn't feel like I am losing out on anything.
My bf knows not to wake me up on a Saturday morning as I have a long sleep Friday night and get up late ,that seems to work well.
Su Lin wrote: I think it's perfectly possible to have a full on regime as well as working full time.
Its good to know that. I'm just trying to see if I can get some kind of balance in my life; my MA training is starting to take up more time, but like you say, its important to me, and I abolsutely love it.
I also find, like yesterday I was sat at the computer all day and I was shattered by about 5pm - and if I miss training my energy can drop.
The opposite is true - and if I exercise, I rest better as well.
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