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Most importantly, have a routine and don't break it. If you work your health upkeep into the routine (exercise and diet), it's much easier to keep going. A ch

Most importantly, have a routine and don't break it. If you work your health upkeep into the routine (exercise and diet), it's much easier to keep going. A chaotic and random day to day life makes it much more difficult to make time for your wellbeing.

SnowingXIV 9y ago
All about routine. Once you get it going, it becomes part of your day and you feel lost without it. It's like getting coffee now (lifting). Days I miss I don't feel complete and I go to bed emotionally and mentally off. Don't stop either, the first couple weeks are the hardest but stick to it. If you start skipping days here and there or make excuses you'll never get in the groove you need. Source: Been lifting routinely for a few years now, recently got hurt and couldn't lift for a week or two. It's been a struggle to jump back in (even with such a tiny break!) but since I've been here before I know I need force myself over this little bump. Best of luck!
hackeraccount 9y ago
Just so. I don't lift (I can't get into anything related to strength training beyond push-ups) but I go running 5 days a week and I guard it jealously. My analogy for it is that every run is putting money into the bank. If I skip a day I can't help but think that I'm getting a little bit slower, a little bit out of shape for that. And that the next time I go for a run it'll be just a little bit harder and I'll be a little bit slower for the day off. That's all crazy of course - I know that things like that don't happen at the margins; at least not at my level of running. It motivates me though and if it's not true for a day skipped it is true for a month. Maybe a week. Which is why I'm currently unhappy that I didn't go running once on my Thanksgiving break. :-(
- jrowley 9y ago
  If you want, give yourself one or 2 extra punishing workouts since you took a week off (some nice hill repeats, hard tempo, etc.) and then forgive yourself! Even the best of us have lapses in our routine occasionally.

SnowingXIV 9y ago

All about routine. Once you get it going, it becomes part of your day and you feel lost without it. It's like getting coffee now (lifting). Days I miss I don't feel complete and I go to bed emotionally and mentally off. Don't stop either, the first couple weeks are the hardest but stick to it. If you start skipping days here and there or make excuses you'll never get in the groove you need. Source: Been lifting routinely for a few years now, recently got hurt and couldn't lift for a week or two. It's been a struggle to jump back in (even with such a tiny break!) but since I've been here before I know I need force myself over this little bump. Best of luck!

hackeraccount 9y ago

Just so. I don't lift (I can't get into anything related to strength training beyond push-ups) but I go running 5 days a week and I guard it jealously. My analogy for it is that every run is putting money into the bank. If I skip a day I can't help but think that I'm getting a little bit slower, a little bit out of shape for that. And that the next time I go for a run it'll be just a little bit harder and I'll be a little bit slower for the day off. That's all crazy of course - I know that things like that don't happen at the margins; at least not at my level of running. It motivates me though and if it's not true for a day skipped it is true for a month. Maybe a week. Which is why I'm currently unhappy that I didn't go running once on my Thanksgiving break. :-(

jrowley 9y ago
If you want, give yourself one or 2 extra punishing workouts since you took a week off (some nice hill repeats, hard tempo, etc.) and then forgive yourself! Even the best of us have lapses in our routine occasionally.