That was one of the great things I learned from Julia, one of my two favorite trainers, who now coaches track and field down in San Luis Obispo; In times when you are taken out of your normal fitness routine, find something, anything to do to stay active and work hard on not overdoing senseless calories that haunt you for months/years to come. Remember, it is so much easier to pack on weight then to take it off.
Aerobics warm the body up for resistance work; I jump rope 30-60 minutes before I do my body wight / resistance work and my metabolism is revved up for quite some time after, allowing me to feed my muscles by having small meals/snacks every 2-3 hours. I found that running was too hard on my hips and knees, sometimes taking me days to recover from the delayed onset muscle soreness, but with jumping rope, I get greater aerobic intensity (remember, you either jump rope properly or what happens? the rope stops turning, right. You can only jump rope properly) and rev my engine up for resistance work.
Tomorrow, Monday, January 3, 2011, for example, my first formal day back at work after giving my body its bi-annual week of R&R, I will jump rope, do pilates and some resistance work.
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