Small slice of the past semester
I have been pushing myself hard in a lot of ways this semester, or at least harder than I used to. This also includes going to the gym and not only pushing myself to greater physical limits, but also having tangible results in gaining weight. I never really used to run that much before, but I started to this semester and as I was running on the treadmill the other day I realized something.
Every week I've been pushing myself more and more on the treadmill. I would slowly increase the MPH, or the amount I ran, or my time over distance, and it's gotten to a point that I'm pretty pleased with. But I realized even within that there's slack to be picked up. There's essentially two ways you can run on a treadmill, the first is what I have been doing for the most part. Even though I'm increasing the duress I go through I am also choosing the path of least resistance on the treadmill itself. I can run at the speed I choose by either passively putting up the least amount of effort it would take to maintain that speed, or I could actively push myself to be as on top of that speed as possible.
Up until now I was passively just trying to maintain or keep up with the speed. But, this past week, I've readjusted. I'm using slower speeds but more pro-active effort until I can rework back up to what I was running before. The idea isn't exclusive to a treadmill though. Even though I've been working a lot harder this semester I do think to a large degree I have been passively accepting the work and in some cases choosing the least resistance I would get either from myself or from my time.
So even though I may be changing the nature of the work and time I use I haven't been changing the basis out of which all those actions come from. It's something to learn from about this semester and to begin changing in the next.
For now it's fuckin new years party time.
Every week I've been pushing myself more and more on the treadmill. I would slowly increase the MPH, or the amount I ran, or my time over distance, and it's gotten to a point that I'm pretty pleased with. But I realized even within that there's slack to be picked up. There's essentially two ways you can run on a treadmill, the first is what I have been doing for the most part. Even though I'm increasing the duress I go through I am also choosing the path of least resistance on the treadmill itself. I can run at the speed I choose by either passively putting up the least amount of effort it would take to maintain that speed, or I could actively push myself to be as on top of that speed as possible.
Up until now I was passively just trying to maintain or keep up with the speed. But, this past week, I've readjusted. I'm using slower speeds but more pro-active effort until I can rework back up to what I was running before. The idea isn't exclusive to a treadmill though. Even though I've been working a lot harder this semester I do think to a large degree I have been passively accepting the work and in some cases choosing the least resistance I would get either from myself or from my time.
So even though I may be changing the nature of the work and time I use I haven't been changing the basis out of which all those actions come from. It's something to learn from about this semester and to begin changing in the next.
For now it's fuckin new years party time.