Julius Anastasio is a Green Belt at Wu Dao
As I've whined about in my last training-related posts, my body has been disagreeing (and sometimes SCREAMING) with me for training so much. My body felt like it was a hundred years old and my mind was on autopilot. You could say it was from the humidity, not enough calorie intake, not training intelligently, whatever. Bottom line was that I desperately needed to recharge my batteries.
I wound up not going to any classes until Thursday and Saturday. These 4 days off really did wonders for me. For one, it made me focus to make sure I got some really good training in during the couple of days I had to do it. It also got my body rested enough to the point where I felt great. Most importantly, I was getting more out of class than if had been trudging through it like a zombie in a fog of tired indifference.
Obviously, if I want to be fully prepared for this tournament, I won't be able to train anywhere as infrequently as last week. However, this experience did give me a little more insight about sustainable training levels. Occasionally pushing training frequency aside to make sure you're doing quality training can be rejuvenating and very rewarding.
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