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krian_89
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Low Energy or Laziness?

Hey!

I used to usually in the evening when I was back on campus ( I am 21, studying mathematics), but due to the current epidemic, I am back at home. My training schedule has gone sort of haywire, i.e. I practice sometimes in the evenings / late nights sometimes and early mornings on others. Sometimes I just end up sleeping through the day.

I have observed that my energy levels are generally low during the morning practice ( there are few sessions where I have way too much energy). In the last few days, the same has been happening with evening practice too in some sense, i.e lack of energy ( or lethargy I guess).  Sometimes this tends to affect my studies too.

Do you guys face such things too? If so, how do you deal with it?

Thanks!

Zach Zinn
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Especially with solo training, having a plan and/or a goal can help. I've found it helps setting both long term and short term goals for my solo training, as well as for Zoom classes. Planning and organization can be a fatiguing thing of and within itself, so my advice is to come up with a workout structure you won't have to think about, and can just do.

You could also try learning some breathwork ala Yoga etc. of some kind, it can help up your energy at times when it flags, but it's not for everyone I suppose.

Roman Ostien
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What helps me when there is not much energy available is being very deliberate in my movements.

For example doing Tekki Shodan very slowly but with a strong kime at the end. This way I can observe whether the knees are in the right position, the hip fires at the right moment, etc. Plus, the kime wakes the body up and you can ramp up the intensity from there. Or you leave it at that when you think that your body needs some rest.

And this may be mundane, but what you ate the day before can have quite the impact. When I eat too much carbonhydrates for supper, the next morning I barely have the energy to get up, let alone train.

krian_89
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Zach: so my advice is to come up with a workout structure you won't have to think about, and can just do.

Sounds good, will try to make such a schedule.

Roman :  And this may be mundane, but what you ate the day before can have quite the impact. When I eat too much carbonhydrates for supper, the next morning I barely have the energy to get up, let alone train.

Wow, this is something I should look into since my diet has changed from being vegetable-heavy to rice heavy after coming back home.

Thanks for the support guys! :-D

Iain Abernethy
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Hi All,

This is a really important point:

Roman Ostien wrote:
And this may be mundane, but what you ate the day before can have quite the impact.

For low energy, the first things I would look at is the quality of my sleep and my diet.

krian_89 wrote:
My training schedule has gone sort of haywire, i.e. I practice sometimes in the evenings / late nights sometimes and early mornings on others. Sometimes I just end up sleeping through the day.

It seems your sleeping pattern could do with improving, and if everything else is all over the place, then it could be your eating patterns are also a bit messed up.

I’d try to go back to a similar sleeping and eating pattern to the one you had on campus. My guess is that’s all it is, but a trip to the doctors if the lethargy remains would always be a good precautionary measure.

All the best,

Iain

krian_89
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It seems your sleeping pattern could do with improving, and if everything else is all over the place, then it could be your eating patterns are also a bit messed up.

It's more like there's a drastic change in diet, but sleep definitely needs improvement.

I don't know if I can go back to the same schedule but i'll give it a try.

Thanks!

krian_89
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Just wanted to let you guys know, another thing I noticed was the change in my hydration, I drink lots back on campus, and that has reduced. So, I drank a good amount of water a few hours before today's practice. Definitely felt better.

Guess Hydration is another key thing I was missing out on.

krian_89
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So, Another update. I have sort of changed my diet to something similar to what I used to have earlier, namely more fats and more veggies. Overall I feel that my energy levels have improved over the course of one week. Guess my body is adapted to a fat-based diet and a carb dominant diet is unable to meet my needs. Sleep stills need work, but this in itself is a good improvement.

Thanks!

Iain Abernethy
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Hi Krian,

krian_89 wrote:
Guess Hydration is another key thing I was missing out on.

Great point! It’s important and we can easily overlook it … as we did :-)

krian_89 wrote:
Overall I feel that my energy levels have improved over the course of one week.

That’s great! Good thread this and a reminder for us all to keep an eye on how we are feeling … especially in these unusual times when so much has been disrupted.

All the best,

Iain