International DOMS support group

[Prince_Alarming104]

Hello everyone, my name is David I hate rest days. Today is a typical example. I have no work on, and all the household chores that can reasonably be done in a day have been done yesterday. So I'm bored. It's like I need to train to keep myself on an even keel. There would be no point in exercising today as I've already got everything covered, and one needs a couple of days in a week just to recover. The problem is I hate it. Feel free to open up, everyone

 

[Stuarto65]

Hello everyone, my name is David I hate rest days. Today is a typical example. I have no work on, and all the household chores that can reasonably be done in a day have been done yesterday. So I'm bored. It's like I need to train to keep myself on an even keel. There would be no point in exercising today as I've already got everything covered, and one needs a couple of days in a week just to recover. The problem is I hate it. Feel free to open up, everyone

I actually feel this same way often. On my days off I will get everything done, house chores, errands, and then I will be bored out my mind. I will look for more work to do even though I want to relax. I often feel like there is something I should be doing even though it's probably all in my head. Sometimes I will read a book or play a videogame to help keep my brain occupied. It is very hard for me to just be idle.

 

[Prince_Alarming104]

I actually feel this same way often. On my days off I will get everything done, house chores, errands, and then I will be bored out my mind. I will look for more work to do even though I want to relax. I often feel like there is something I should be doing even though it's probably all in my head. Sometimes I will read a book or play a videogame to help keep my brain occupied. It is very hard for me to just be idle.

Fortunately, I have various religious observances to keep me active, but I find too much of that wears me out too. I like to be busy. It's when I'm idle that I end up smoking and drinking.

 

[MetalBoar52]

Hello everyone, my name is David I hate rest days. Today is a typical example. I have no work on, and all the household chores that can reasonably be done in a day have been done yesterday. So I'm bored. It's like I need to train to keep myself on an even keel. There would be no point in exercising today as I've already got everything covered, and one needs a couple of days in a week just to recover. The problem is I hate it. Feel free to open up, everyone

I can relate to this. I love weight lifting and when I discovered high intensity training I was hooked, but it took a long time to really get comfortable with the fact that if I did HIT I couldn't do it more than 2x/week (MAX!) if I wanted to get good results. Doing it 2x/week wasn't an option if I was doing any kind of physically demanding MA training at the same time, and even at once a week I had to time it right with my MA training, especially as I got older. I've found that I can focus on skill development training without causing my body significant stress. This is easier with some arts than others, but I can usually find something that I can practice that's more brain work than hard physical work, but still has a low intensity, physical, component. I also do a lot of walking when I'm feeling like I need more recovery but still want to do something physical. It's healthy, it gets me outdoors and away from screens, I find it mentally relaxing, and my wife will often go with me and it gives us great, uninterrupted time to just chat and be together.

 

[Prince_Alarming104]

It's rest day again, and I am itching to do something, despite the fact that my biceps hate me for this week. I found out I can now do dumbbell swings with the 40kg dumbbell, then stopped myself. No! Bad boy! Rest day! I also don't have work today, so I'm going to do some gentle yoga and sit in the shade with a very long science fiction book. Want to do kata. To be fair, it's not just my biceps, but that's the part that hurts the most

 

[Prince_Alarming104]

gah, use the edit button Dave

 

[jks919975]

It's rest day again, and I am itching to do something, despite the fact that my biceps hate me for this week. I found out I can now do dumbbell swings with the 40kg dumbbell, then stopped myself. No! Bad boy! Rest day! I also don't have work today, so I'm going to do some gentle yoga and sit in the shade with a very long science fiction book. Want to do kata. To be fair, it's not just my biceps, but that's the part that hurts the most

So do some kata. Movement is good for muscle soreness, so long as you aren't adding insult to the injury.

 

[Prince_Alarming104]

So do some kata. Movement is good for muscle soreness, so long as you aren't adding insult to the injury.

Jolly good

 

[Prince_Alarming104]

I'm also going to do some ASMR but try not to go down the rabbithole

 

[Prince_Alarming104]

Much better. See? The DOMS support group has already achieved something

 

[Prince_Alarming104]

I think it requires an attitude shift- not 'I wanna work out! WAAAH!' but 'Imma do everything I can to recover in time for my next workout'. Instead of trying to accumulate steps, try and keep them as low as possible. Relax. Listen to Hank Williams. Do yoga and SMR.

 

[Rich Parsons50]

Hello everyone, my name is David I hate rest days. Today is a typical example. I have no work on, and all the household chores that can reasonably be done in a day have been done yesterday. So I'm bored. It's like I need to train to keep myself on an even keel. There would be no point in exercising today as I've already got everything covered, and one needs a couple of days in a week just to recover. The problem is I hate it. Feel free to open up, everyone

Can you make these "rest days" Mental workout days?
Watch videos or take notes on videos
Practice low or no impact movements with no clear target. Just a few things here and there.

Find a topic you want to research and read or watch videos ( Actual Instructional videos ) on the topics.

read some county and western books - Based upon Hank Williams comment.

Is there a Senior Center you could volunteer at? An hour or tow and go do their simple chores that are not an official workout.

Thought?

 

[Prince_Alarming104]

Can you make these "rest days" Mental workout days?
Watch videos or take notes on videos
Practice low or no impact movements with no clear target. Just a few things here and there.

Find a topic you want to research and read or watch videos ( Actual Instructional videos ) on the topics.

read some county and western books - Based upon Hank Williams comment.

Is there a Senior Center you could volunteer at? An hour or tow and go do their simple chores that are not an official workout.

Thought?

All good ideas, currently reading the new sylva, a book about trees. Thanks.