Rest

I heard an analogy today on the radio.  Quite often we are like mountain climbers.  A mountain climber at some point in the route will have a point when they have two solid hand holds, and two solid foot holds.  At that point in time it is comfortable.  But the climber realizes that the only way to complete the climb is eventually go beyond the present security and remove one of those hands.

Rest is a dangerous thing.  It is also at times pretty necessary. I find sometimes it is difficult to decide whether rest is necessary or just comfortable.  One thing is for sure, when I am resting, I am not progressing.  Here is where I have to rely on those little daily routines to ensure my engagement doesn’t waver.  I find routines are awesome for avoiding training funk.  Before things get too comfortable, my brain is re-engaged with a set of sit-ups. Routines are awesome, it’s unfortunate I don’t have more of them.

I always struggled with the idea of working a day of rest into my routine.  Probably because I know my natural instinct is to be lazy and always feared that even one day would become too comfortable, and resistance would be futile.  But I am not being honest with myself, because I am still taking those breaks, but not according to a set schedule.   I don’t think this is benefitting me.  I have to somehow come up with a system that works with a fly by the seat of my pants schedule. Now there will be a challenge. I think the benefit however, will be an engagement that is more consistent, less ups and downs in the training regime, and less likelihood of injury.