{"id":8798,"date":"2019-02-07T12:05:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T18:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=8798"},"modified":"2019-02-07T12:05:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T18:05:33","slug":"swords-shame-monsters-and-too-many-analogies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/07\/swords-shame-monsters-and-too-many-analogies\/","title":{"rendered":"Swords, Shame Monsters, and Too Many Analogies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guys.  Guys… GUYS!  Holy crap it’s been busy over here.<\/p>\n

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And all I am is a girl, standing in front of a bicycle, wanting to go playyyyy…<\/em><\/p>\n

However, I like to make time to do at least a quick weekly check in, and I don’t want to break that habit, so here’s some stream of consciousness fun-and-games for posterity about January and what’s next.<\/p>\n

Athleting:<\/p>\n

While I had almost no leadup to my two races<\/a> in two weeks<\/a>, pushing that hard mentally seven days apart took a bit of a toll on my motivation for training after.  My brain needed and felt like it deserved a tiny little “offseason”, so I’ve taken the last two weeks fairly light.  Last week, all I did was ride my bike three times at no pace which could be considered fast.  Fast forward to today, Thursday, and I’ve swam ONCE on Monday and I’ve had my running stuff laid out since then, ready to go, and no dice.  Hoping to break that streak today, but the struggle has been real, y’all.<\/p>\n

I’m not stressing about it, though.  My first triathlon this year is May 5th, and I actually plan to mostly soldier through the full season this year without much of a mid-season break.  I will still obviously periodize my training with shifting focus as the months go on, and schedule in recovery weeks, but I don’t plan on any extended month long breaks like I’ve planned in the past.  This means I’m not in a huge hurry to pursue peak form in March or anything, so this lazing around in early February is just fine. <\/p>\n

Next week this changes.  While I’m not ready to sharpen the sword just yet, it’s now time to mold the clay (how many different analogies can I use today? let’s find out!).  Two three-week periods of lifting heavy (hypertrophy) and then heavier (maximum strength) with a week rest in between did me was so beneficial last year I plan to repeat it.  My main focus in February and March will be lifting 3xweek, and swim\/bike\/run (1-2 short sessions of each per week) will supplement this, rather than the opposite the rest of the year.<\/p>\n

Of course when the weather is amazing I’ll duck out for a smile paced ride with my camera, but not at the expense of picking up and putting down heavy things.<\/p>\n

The Scale:<\/p>\n

January was a rough start to the year, I did *okay* the first two weeks, and then racing always throws a wrench in the diet, and then a camping weekend… let’s just say I have made no progress.  I think I’ve done well enough that I’m not backsliding further, but I’m not quite back to that consistently under 170 where I was in early December.  I have yet to transfer everything to trendweight (busy and also, if it doesn’t change maybe my weight doesn’t change? is that how it works?) but it really helped me last year so I really need to do that.<\/p>\n

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Definitely haven’t gained everything back I lost, but it needs to trend down now, kthx…<\/em><\/p>\n

But, I’m back, baby.  Since Monday, I’ve had a really good streak with my eating habits, and I’ve declared February a month of no deserts.  Everyone and their mother (and literally my mother as well) is trying to eff this up for me, but I will just take their offerings, put them in my freezer, and break them out when I’m at a higher training volume.<\/p>\n

So, the plan and the goal is the same as it ever was.<\/p>\n