Some people lay in bed all day because the had a rough week at work, then athletes rarely take a day off hard training

Free_the_thigh wrote:

Mikeh33 wrote:

Because emotional stress is just as taxing and corroding to the body, if not more so, then physical activity.

There was that article about chess grand masters on here recently about how many calories they burn playing chess

That article is a joke. The brain uses a ton of calories at baseline. Thinking really hard barely changes that.

Meanwhile, those who completed 8th grade English will lie in bed all day, not lay.

That's how it goes.

One of the guys in town preparing for a Tri likes to post on the town's social media about how he works all day and then trains.

He was explaining his "bricks" training and like no one else in the world would know what he is going through. It was a lot like the new parent who has to explain what it's like to be a parent and how you would never know what it is like despite being raised in a large family of 11 or 22 and then having 6 or 10 children of your own.

So he was banned from posting that kind of stuff.

LOL.

The Real Film Rep wrote:

PickledAyyyes wrote:

Why do non-athletic people get wiped out from doing nothing all week?

Why do hobby joggers spend hours training and working out every day when they aren’t getting paid to do it?

Amen, sort of. Chasing PR’s is still motivational. I don’t know what I’ll do once I get too old to PR. Some people can probably chase PR’s until they’re almost 40. I think I’ll be able to embrace age grading.

But for hobby joggers who only have a goal of finishing a run, what is the motivation to spend extra time “training”? (And by this I do mean those spending so much time “training” at low intensity and never improving.). I think that the answer is that they just don’t know what they’re doing. They’ve never been coached to compete and they’re not competent to do the proper research to train themselves.

PickledAyyyes wrote:

Why do non-athletic people get wiped out from doing nothing all week?

It's called depression.

PickledAyyyes wrote:

Why do non-athletic people get wiped out from doing nothing all week?

Depends on what they do for a living. Since you are being so judgemental, let me ask you: Do you have a full time REAL job in addition to spending time "training hard all day...while I live off my parents like a parasite"? Does that sound like you?

doctorj wrote:

PickledAyyyes wrote:

Why do non-athletic people get wiped out from doing nothing all week?

Depends on what they do for a living. Since you are being so judgemental, let me ask you: Do you have a full time REAL job in addition to spending time "training hard all day...while I live off my parents like a parasite"? Does that sound like you?

Why did you capitalize the word REAL job? As if people do FAKE jobs? All jobs are real. There is a job for everyone. Just because some people don't make 100,000.00 a year and don't work 50 hours a week doesn't mean that they don't work real jobs. Get off your high horse you tw@t.

Boom . wrote:

Hbhhh wrote:

Yeah a real job is sitting at a computer. And talking by the water cooler to stay hydrated for all the exertion.

Water cooler?

Ok boomer

Please stop with this expression, it shows lack of respect.

theRanMan wrote:

Boom . wrote:

Water cooler?

Ok boomer

Please stop with this expression, it shows lack of respect.

OK ... oh, never mind. Just OK.

Because after a day of waking up early to drive to my office only to find out that some jack*ss crashed his car and doubled my commute there, working 9 hours, then driving home in bumper to bumper traffic because the DOT decided to pave the roads in the late afternoon on a weekday I still have to attend to household chores, taking care of my pets, and spending time with my family. The only way I would be motivated to run frequently and with great intensity is if it were my #1 hobby with no other activities being close, but that's not the case. Try graduating from college before asking sh*t questions OP.

Some people like to come home, drink their beer and watch TV. Some people like to run and chase PRs.

Also, most people are just lazy.

Guys like you are super motivating for me. You are really slow, but you are fired up to get better every day. Good for you.

one word: Diet. Eat junk feel like junk. Plain and simple.

I have been running for 35 years. Up until 2 years ago I would often feel like crap by the end of the work day and have trouble getting out the door for a run, even lying on the couch and nodding off. Cleaned up my diet and now I can give 100% to all my activities everyday. Didn't give up everything, I just avoid package foods, deep fried foods and soda.

Athletes get to take naps during the day. If people that worked the normal 9-5 type of job were able to take a 2-3 hour nap in the middle of the day they wouldn't feel so wiped out.

Mental fatigue is real

Been running for over 35 years. In January, I decided to take a few months off from running and well do no exercise. After a month or so, I started noticing that Mr. Pickle wouldn't/ couldn't perform. I tried to change my diet, took some herbals, and even searched the web for nudes. Nothing worked. Several months later I decided to start running again. Within a week, Mr Pickle is back! 100%. I not quitting running again. #EVER

"Some guys they just give up living

And start dying little by little, piece by piece,

Some guys come home from work and wash up,

And go racin' in the street"

-Bruce Springsteen, Racing in the Street

Excuse me, but it was well documented in the "Lamest musician of all time" thread that Bruce Springsteen SUCKS.

boss time wrote:

"Some guys they just give up living

And start dying little by little, piece by piece,

Some guys come home from work and wash up,

And go racin' in the street"

-Bruce Springsteen, Racing in the Street

typical speculation on Letsrun wrote:

PickledAyyyes wrote:

Why do non-athletic people get wiped out from doing nothing all week?

as someone who hasn't been training for the last 6 months, i have way less energy than when I was running.

it's weird, I was exhausted training for marathons, but my body was more "awake" .

My body feels better now, but when you're not moving everyday, you're sleepier, more tired, and it's easier to get sore form every day stuff.

Running really hardens you. It's hard.

yes running is hard, if you go hard. but running is not so hard if you do it right.

what is good is to do something really difficult for about a year, and then proper running training is easy.

i worked very hard six days physically and did 10k to 15k relatively quality 8 days per week for an extended period,

doing things like lifting and hauling,

after that, that idea of 100 miles per week is laughable. if you are talking about a big workload.

anyway, if you recover properly, and workout properly, it's not hard.

you only have to red-ling, what? an hour in total per week?

for example, if you do a 10 mile fast run, you are only seim red lining for what ? say 15 to 20 min.

in a 6 x 800 m hard session, you are in the red zone about 5 or so minutes.

in a 6 x 1 mile workout, under 5k pace, you are semi-red zone what? 10 minutes.

that's all the red zoning you need. 85% of max is all you do in training.

but, doing some really tough stuff for an extended period, is good mentally, so you can look at your 100 miles per week as a lazy man's routine.

PickledAyyyes wrote:

Why do non-athletic people get wiped out from doing nothing all week?

Define "athletes."

In terms of runners, I find runners are exceedingly lazy when not running. Particularly in the U.S., the beloved recovery culture is actually elevated above the actual exercise done. Smoothies...massages....physio....netflix binges...BCAAs....ad nauseum. They sit around doing nothing while waiting for their next run. "Sorry man, can't bond with my co-workers...I have to crush a 5 miles after work and then I'm going to spend hours meal prepping and taking vitamins, stretching, roll recovering and posting on LR."

People who have jobs, who work for a living, who have challenging careers 8+ hours a day have earned the right to chill after work, or on weekends.....to enjoy spending time with their girlfriend/boyfriends/wives/husbands/friends. Something a lot of "athletes" seem unable to wrap their little OCD Type A brains around.

I love running, but I drop it in a heartbeat if something more fun comes up.