Beer Drinkers Appreciation Society (BDAS) 2022 Mentor Group - ALWAYS OPEN (Page 39)

I'm still here just too lazy to post. 

Got in a decent bike ride on Friday, long walk and some strength training on Saturday, and a good Bikram session yesterday, all intertwined with watching three Phillies games, a night Penn State games, and the Ravens.  I'm exhausted but with the Phils in the World Series and the Ravens playing Thursday night this week I'm going to be a mess.

@Gretchen - without going down the political/religious rabbit hole (OK maybe a little ...) seems like there is a lot of hypocrisy and selective enforcement of "rules" when it comes to religious-driven law.  SMH

Originally posted by nicole14e

Originally posted by drfoodlove

Originally posted by nicole14e

Originally posted by drfoodlove

Originally posted by nicole14e I had a pretty lazy weekend overall. Played some football. Otherwise avoided working out like the plague for some reason...so unmotivated. I have been feeling really tight and sore lately, especially in my neck, shoulders, and hamstrings. Did 30 minutes of yoga yesterday, and this morning did a 10 minute climb ride on Peloton, followed by 20 min of yoga. Gonna try to fit in at least 20 minutes of yoga each day this week, even if it's all that I do in the day, to try and start feeling better. I'm leaving Thursday evening for Florida for the weekend to visit some friends, so hoping to get some good weather down there! Though it's been pretty nice here actually.

Nicole, I struggle with tightness and soreness in my neck, shoulders, and arms. I have been seeing an occupational therapist for a few sessions to help work out the issues and she has suggested that instead of doing one longer session of yoga or stretching in a day, to do a bunch of short sessions--like 5 minutes or less. Essentially, she has suggested in every hour, I take 5 minutes to stretch something in rotation (shoulders, neck, arms, then repeat). A lot of what she has suggested is really to stretch out nerves, which get irritated and then cause the muscles to tense and cause soreness/tightness. These are called nerve glides and have helped a lot.

That's a great idea! Maybe I will try setting an alarm every hour or so to remind me and see how that goes. I'm worried it will be disruptive to my productivity, but honestly, at this point, it doesn't really matter! Also something I need when I'm being lazy and just watching TV!

I've read (and often fail to practice myself!) that if you take short breaks every so often, you are actually more productive than if you try to blast through something. A friend of mine uses 25/5, where she works 25 minutes, then takes a 5 minute break. I've actually done this before, with great success. My problems are 1.) actually setting the 25 minute timer; 2.) respecting that I'm supposed to take the break after 25 minutes; and 3.) getting back to work after the break, which I usually spend screwing around on social media (and not doing any sort of stretching or moving or anything). So...it seems my problem is all of it.

Yes! This is my problem, refocusing after getting distracted or taking a break. I read an article that says it takes 23 minutes to refocus after being distracted, and I think that is completely accurate in my case. Unless I am 100% focused on something and not checking my email or my phone, I feel like I am constantly forgetting what I was working on and bopping all around. That's why I like working in the evening hours sometimes, b/c emails aren't constantly rolling in to distract me, and people aren't sending me Teams chats. Of course then I see I'm behind on BDAS...

My productivity is directly related to how long consecutively I work on something.  I can't do some blocks here and there - I need "deep work" sessions to get anything done. 

An hour is roughly my tolerance on the treadmill, and to make it that long there has to be some kind of game I'm playing (varying paces, hills, whatever).  It's also tougher to zone out on the treadmill because I'm a klutz and I'll trip at some point.  Curious - what kind of intervals are you doing now?

Yesterday was a 30 minute easy run on the treadmill and legs day at the gym, then today was sprint practice in Zwift and arms day in the pain cave.  The sprinting crushes me in the morning...maybe I should drink some Gatorade or something to get my blood sugar up a little.  I almost redlined my HR on one of the sprints so I got at it pretty good regardless. 

@Andrew - yeah, jumping to 5x/week from 2x can be a little rough until you adjust.  Smart move to take it easy for a week.  Agree 100% on the trainer - I've had my Kurt Kinetic for over ten years now (my daughter now has it) and it's so awesome to ride on your own bike inside, plus having a treadmill right there is great, too.