In which we ramble on about exercise
Mar. 16th, 2008 11:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hawkwing_lbToday is not a day off. Sigh. But it is not yet noon, so I don't feel too guilty about wandering around the internets.
Pursuant to a conversation last night, I've realised that perhaps my present fitness training plan may not actually be the most efficient for building muscle and endurance. It's great, within a limited framework, for building certain types of endurance - my wind and stamina have improved from the running, for example, and the handful of weight sets I've been doing have certain improved my muscular endurance, but only in a limited fashion.
Until the exams, I'd been training three times a week. And you know, it's good, because it pushes me without wearing me out. But. Since it's not wearing me out, I don't feel as though it's pushing me far enough.
It's three years ago, now, since I was training steadily in hockey (twice weekly), karate (twice weekly) and gym (twice weekly), and I was fitter then than I've ever been since.
Of course, I wasn't spending ~2-2.5 hours commuting every day then, and I didn't have quite as intensive a program of study (it felt really intensive, but looking back? The study-to-homework and study-to-exams model is somewhat less intensive than the study-to--continuous-assessment-essays and study-to-exams model).
By April 10, or April 14 at the outside, I should have all my essays for the year done. After that point, I think, it ought to be enough to spend two hours in the library three times a week until the exams begin around May 20 (barring the miracle of an exemption or two). So after April 10, I need to start doing a few new things, to see how they work out:
The college Shotokan club trains Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and my local club trains Sundays. So I need to pick two days and go without fail. (Probably Thursday and Sunday: I can see that working.)
I need to find a partner or two to hit the wall with for a couple of hours twice a week, probably Tuesday and Friday mornings, since the club times (7-9pm) really do not work for me. (Maybe take lessons on Wednesday evening, if the budget stretches.)
And Mondays and Wednesdays (maybe Fridays too, but that may be pushing things if I wind up with a regular climbing date), I need to keep hitting the gym for weights and running, and on Saturdays I need to work on outside running. Which is different to gym running, because of little things like weather. Or, alternatively, see if I need a falling-down day.
That leaves me Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays to spend my leftover hours in the library. Ah, sweet freedom, how I miss it.
And now, to work!
Pursuant to a conversation last night, I've realised that perhaps my present fitness training plan may not actually be the most efficient for building muscle and endurance. It's great, within a limited framework, for building certain types of endurance - my wind and stamina have improved from the running, for example, and the handful of weight sets I've been doing have certain improved my muscular endurance, but only in a limited fashion.
Until the exams, I'd been training three times a week. And you know, it's good, because it pushes me without wearing me out. But. Since it's not wearing me out, I don't feel as though it's pushing me far enough.
It's three years ago, now, since I was training steadily in hockey (twice weekly), karate (twice weekly) and gym (twice weekly), and I was fitter then than I've ever been since.
Of course, I wasn't spending ~2-2.5 hours commuting every day then, and I didn't have quite as intensive a program of study (it felt really intensive, but looking back? The study-to-homework and study-to-exams model is somewhat less intensive than the study-to--continuous-assessment-essays and study-to-exams model).
By April 10, or April 14 at the outside, I should have all my essays for the year done. After that point, I think, it ought to be enough to spend two hours in the library three times a week until the exams begin around May 20 (barring the miracle of an exemption or two). So after April 10, I need to start doing a few new things, to see how they work out:
The college Shotokan club trains Tuesday and Thursday evenings, and my local club trains Sundays. So I need to pick two days and go without fail. (Probably Thursday and Sunday: I can see that working.)
I need to find a partner or two to hit the wall with for a couple of hours twice a week, probably Tuesday and Friday mornings, since the club times (7-9pm) really do not work for me. (Maybe take lessons on Wednesday evening, if the budget stretches.)
And Mondays and Wednesdays (maybe Fridays too, but that may be pushing things if I wind up with a regular climbing date), I need to keep hitting the gym for weights and running, and on Saturdays I need to work on outside running. Which is different to gym running, because of little things like weather. Or, alternatively, see if I need a falling-down day.
That leaves me Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays to spend my leftover hours in the library. Ah, sweet freedom, how I miss it.
And now, to work!
