Any advice / thoughts on exercise issues?
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:36 pm
Hi to anyone who reads this
I have some issues with exercise, and would welcome any advice / thoughts. Just for some background, in my student days I had daily dance training but have been out of that for several years. I now have a walking and yoga as my main default exercise – i.e. this is the only thing I have done consistently since giving up the dance training, and always seem to do regularly.
Anwyay, for the past few years or so, I seem to go through a cycle of the following:
Take up some intensive form of exercise, in addition to the aforementioned walking and yoga (in the past I have tried cardio plus weight training, more recently I did daily Ashtanga Yoga sessions)
Do the above consistently, regularly and enjoyably for 2-3 months. During the time I do whatever exercise craze I have at the time, I develop muscle very easily and see results quickly which is a motivator.
Then, after 2-3 months on exercise programme of the moment, things start to go wrong. I feel physically tired and the exercise becomes exhausting and less enjoyable. I also seem to take longer to recover (particularly the case with weight training). Other times I have actually injured myself (I got RSI in my wrist from the Ashtanga Yoga LOL). Anyway, it’s usually around this point that I give up on the exercise programme of the moment and go back to my “default exercise†which is walking and yoga, and then have the hope of getting back into something more intensive in the future, it’s not long before I end up at the beginning of the cycle again!
Anyway, I have a couple of theories about this:
1. I physically tire myself out somehow.
2. It’s all psychological and I just get bored.
3. A combination of 1 & 2.
I guess I’m thinking 3 is most likely, and think part of the problem is that I yo-yo between overdoing it and doing hardly anything, but would welcome any ideas or suggestions!
(I sense that some might suggest I try shovelglove, it doesn’t really seem like my thing but I might be persuaded!)
I have some issues with exercise, and would welcome any advice / thoughts. Just for some background, in my student days I had daily dance training but have been out of that for several years. I now have a walking and yoga as my main default exercise – i.e. this is the only thing I have done consistently since giving up the dance training, and always seem to do regularly.
Anwyay, for the past few years or so, I seem to go through a cycle of the following:
Take up some intensive form of exercise, in addition to the aforementioned walking and yoga (in the past I have tried cardio plus weight training, more recently I did daily Ashtanga Yoga sessions)
Do the above consistently, regularly and enjoyably for 2-3 months. During the time I do whatever exercise craze I have at the time, I develop muscle very easily and see results quickly which is a motivator.
Then, after 2-3 months on exercise programme of the moment, things start to go wrong. I feel physically tired and the exercise becomes exhausting and less enjoyable. I also seem to take longer to recover (particularly the case with weight training). Other times I have actually injured myself (I got RSI in my wrist from the Ashtanga Yoga LOL). Anyway, it’s usually around this point that I give up on the exercise programme of the moment and go back to my “default exercise†which is walking and yoga, and then have the hope of getting back into something more intensive in the future, it’s not long before I end up at the beginning of the cycle again!
Anyway, I have a couple of theories about this:
1. I physically tire myself out somehow.
2. It’s all psychological and I just get bored.
3. A combination of 1 & 2.
I guess I’m thinking 3 is most likely, and think part of the problem is that I yo-yo between overdoing it and doing hardly anything, but would welcome any ideas or suggestions!
(I sense that some might suggest I try shovelglove, it doesn’t really seem like my thing but I might be persuaded!)