Call me cheap or call me unscientific but I am not going to pull the trigger and buy a heart rate monitor or try and follow the MAF training program. Yes - I am wishy washy and flip flop back and forth between following a new workout or diet and going back to what I have always done/always do. Just ask the famous Dave Borders about my oft stated desire to join him for CrossFit workouts. After flaking for 7th time, he banned me. Banned.
The reason I have decided for the next 36 hours not to follow a rigid heart rate program is that exercise is to a large extent based on feel. Sometimes you wake up after a horrible night's sleep and have ridiculous amounts of energy and just need to push yourself in a workout. And then you are all rested for the Sunday 20 miler and after 3 miles you feel like crap and have to pull the plug. I understand that to some extent you have to power through these moments to reach new levels of performance but I think that just ends up draining you mentally and psychologically. While I do aspire to achieving specific goals, I am more concerned with being able to workout everyday and if I feel great I want to go for it that day regardless what MAF tells me.
So maybe this contest is less about CFE versus old school and more about structured workouts versus haphazardness. Program versus unprogram.
After my succcesfully unpainful six miler yesterday I felt slight pain in my calf while losing to Sam in basketball. I am going to give it a shot tomorrow - I am younger Michael Jordan by 20 months so I have that going for me.
Costume update - I went but did not wear a costume and bailed muy early.
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