Listen to your body…
...or that is what my GP told me this morning…hmmm...its quit obvious he doesn’t have a clue what my body normally tries to tell me.
It has taken me years to get into some kind of discipline to quit smoking, drink normally and start to exercise frequently! So for him to say bluntly “just listen to your body” might damage that progress with just one easy blow…
He answered my question on how I should proceed with my running, somehow my body is still violently objecting to whatever pace I tell it to run, by giving me nasty stomach cramps. He suggested to take my cardio training to a less “impactful” style, for the time being until I would feel more powerful again…
Okay, question of the day, how do you cardio train with less impact?! My flatmate automatically suggested getting a “home trainer” bike in the house, apparently he owns one and it has been collecting dusts at his parent’s house for ages.
I looked at him suspiciously….”home trainer” is in my dictionary far removed from being “cool”.
And I probably have to explain this, those of you who now think of a “Flash Super Bike” like the ones you currently see in gyms all over the place, think again! His “home trainer” is a beige, yes the colour they used for everything made back in the 80’s, metal-framed, 15-year old bike, so heavy that even if you want to move it you would not be able to do so on your own.
Anyways, it does seem to be the solution so I may be tempted to agree to let the bike in the house for now, better to cycle than to do nothing I reckon.
I’ll keep you posted on my cycling adventures….in the living room ;-)
Take care
AZ
It has taken me years to get into some kind of discipline to quit smoking, drink normally and start to exercise frequently! So for him to say bluntly “just listen to your body” might damage that progress with just one easy blow…
He answered my question on how I should proceed with my running, somehow my body is still violently objecting to whatever pace I tell it to run, by giving me nasty stomach cramps. He suggested to take my cardio training to a less “impactful” style, for the time being until I would feel more powerful again…
Okay, question of the day, how do you cardio train with less impact?! My flatmate automatically suggested getting a “home trainer” bike in the house, apparently he owns one and it has been collecting dusts at his parent’s house for ages.
I looked at him suspiciously….”home trainer” is in my dictionary far removed from being “cool”.
And I probably have to explain this, those of you who now think of a “Flash Super Bike” like the ones you currently see in gyms all over the place, think again! His “home trainer” is a beige, yes the colour they used for everything made back in the 80’s, metal-framed, 15-year old bike, so heavy that even if you want to move it you would not be able to do so on your own.
Anyways, it does seem to be the solution so I may be tempted to agree to let the bike in the house for now, better to cycle than to do nothing I reckon.
I’ll keep you posted on my cycling adventures….in the living room ;-)
Take care
AZ
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