BodyProject

[curgoth]

I made it to the gym 4 times this week. Monday night, my legs were sore, and I ended up stopping fairly early in. The other three nights, I made it through about 3 hours each, so I spent 10-11 hours at the gym this week. And, yeah, I feel good about that, and my body feels good - my good friends the endorphins are back. The regular "body combat" cardio class got cancelled tonight, and was replaced by an impromptu class by one of the trainers, a senior citizen former olympic boxer who used to train the British Special Forces in unarmed combat.

On the other hand, I am having a moment of doubt tonight. I mean, that's quite a bit of gym time, right? I'm still not sure I'm doing enough, though. I'm not as strong as I want to be, and I can't do as much as I want to be able to do. I'm also still too fat, and that's a medical, not qualitative opinion. The fat, I know I'm going to have to get rid of by watching what I eat, and I haven't been doing a good enough job of that.

I guess I need to revisit this in a while, as a sanity check - how much is enough? How hard can I push myself, and how much of my life am I willing to put into this to reach the (ultimately arbitrary) goals that I have set for myself? How realistic am I being about my goals?

Comments

[pancakex.livejournal.com]

Yeah, 10 hours is a lot, especially over just 4 days. I've heard that it's better to work out more frequently (i.e. more days) for less time each day as opposed to just going a few days and working out for 3 hours at a time. I find that doing this works better for me, too. Otherwise, I guess, my body seems to sense that I've taken a few days off and starts to not work as well. I feel slow, and don't have enough stamina. As opposed to going every day for a long stretch, even if it's only for 45 minutes - then it seems as if I can work harder, and for longer. It makes no sense, because you'd think that if I went to the gym every day I'm be SO tired, but I'm not - it's like I become energized by going regularly, but only confuse my body if I go sporadically.

[curgoth]

The problem with trying to workout every day is mostly a matter of time - with the commute I have, if I go to the gym, that's pretty much it for me for the night. So, if I do something social on Friday night, that's one day down, if I have an appointment during the week, there goes another night, etc.