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Question for aerobic exercisers...
Jul. 23rd, 2013 11:00 amI think I know some people who do now, or used to, exercise regularly - bicycling, running, etc..
Here's a question for you, while I quest to find "normal".
Let's say you're exercising, and you're not going all out, but you know that you are pushing yourself. If you promised yourself "5 more minutes" you know you might look at the timer 15 or more times while waiting for that 5 minutes to be *over*. And maybe you realize you're getting a bit of a headache, and if you keep going, it'll be an awful headache. You stop before your body forces you, and before your headache blossoms, but you think to yourself (since you're not training hard for any particular reason) "that was pointlessly macho and stupid." But - no immediate physical after effects other than catching your breath, and letting your heart rate (slowly) get back to normal. You don't want to walk a mile or mow the lawn, but if you *had* to, no problem.
Would you expect to feel crappy the next day? Not, you know, "please, just kill me now" but, "wow, if I really want to feel like hammered poo, all I have to do is try another work out just that intense! I think I'll take it extra easy today."
I decided to do a hard workout yesterday. I was getting shades of a headache, and yes, I was looking at the timer on my tread mill *very* frequently, before I decided to slow down, and then I probably worked out far too much longer at a lighter pace. Heart rate was mid-150s, which is high for a middle-aged guy, but not "danger zone" (that's about 170). And today I feel a bit wiped out, a bit head-achy, and yes, very much like "If I want to feel like hammered poo...". But if this was as bad as it got, as long as I wasn't stupid, I could deal. Especially if I could do another hard workout (maybe not *as* hard) tomorrow, after a full day of rest.
Right now, I need to know what is "normal" so I can tell doctors "no, I'm *not* at 'normal' yet" if it's true. I don't want to ask for more than "normal" because that means higher doses with concomitant higher risks. But I'm very much *not* content with anything less than normal. And I don't know what "normal" is, not from the inside.
Here's a question for you, while I quest to find "normal".
Let's say you're exercising, and you're not going all out, but you know that you are pushing yourself. If you promised yourself "5 more minutes" you know you might look at the timer 15 or more times while waiting for that 5 minutes to be *over*. And maybe you realize you're getting a bit of a headache, and if you keep going, it'll be an awful headache. You stop before your body forces you, and before your headache blossoms, but you think to yourself (since you're not training hard for any particular reason) "that was pointlessly macho and stupid." But - no immediate physical after effects other than catching your breath, and letting your heart rate (slowly) get back to normal. You don't want to walk a mile or mow the lawn, but if you *had* to, no problem.
Would you expect to feel crappy the next day? Not, you know, "please, just kill me now" but, "wow, if I really want to feel like hammered poo, all I have to do is try another work out just that intense! I think I'll take it extra easy today."
I decided to do a hard workout yesterday. I was getting shades of a headache, and yes, I was looking at the timer on my tread mill *very* frequently, before I decided to slow down, and then I probably worked out far too much longer at a lighter pace. Heart rate was mid-150s, which is high for a middle-aged guy, but not "danger zone" (that's about 170). And today I feel a bit wiped out, a bit head-achy, and yes, very much like "If I want to feel like hammered poo...". But if this was as bad as it got, as long as I wasn't stupid, I could deal. Especially if I could do another hard workout (maybe not *as* hard) tomorrow, after a full day of rest.
Right now, I need to know what is "normal" so I can tell doctors "no, I'm *not* at 'normal' yet" if it's true. I don't want to ask for more than "normal" because that means higher doses with concomitant higher risks. But I'm very much *not* content with anything less than normal. And I don't know what "normal" is, not from the inside.
