A Day Off – Day 23
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Hey peeps it is Thursday eve and I am finally getting to this post. Just had my late night snack which was some pineapple with cottage cheese and almonds. Had to substitute the almonds for coconut milk, can’t find it around here.
Took today off from the gym but did get a walk in at lunch to help get the muscles moving. Very sore and very stiff today so it was necessary to take a night off. Today would have been day 6 straight and that is over training. The body needs to heal so it can build muscle and burn fat. I don’t know how many times I’ve had a trainer tell me to take a day off or that I am over raining. Once you get the gym bug it’s hard to take a day off. I also think my last couple workouts have been going through the motions and didn’t get the full benefits from them and that may be a part of the plateau that appears I am dealing with. Taking a day or a couple of days off will give me the time to rejuvenate, refocus, and hit it real hard on Saturday.
Well I am going to get to bed early again tonight. The sleep can only do me some good. If I’m feeling up to it maybe I will work out. Well the wife just informed me I will be in a poker tournament tomorrow night to benefit breast cancer and the proceeds go to a friend of ours. Looks like two nights off in a row. No excuse now for Saturday.
Jay is OUT
thanks Jay. I appreciate that if you feel you may be over-training that you take an amount of time off to get yourself back to ‘right’… no sense hurting yourself by going for your goal so hard you have blinders on to the other issues in play. Thanks for sharing. We look forward to hearing you’re back to right again on Saturday and hitting it hard and loving it again. enjoy the poker!
GWNN