What type of exerciser are you?
Are you the type to regularly go the gym, and enjoy going and have some decent results?
If so, what happens when you go on trips or holidays?
Do you exercise then too? Or do you say “im on holiday and there’s no way im exercising and thats it!!!”.
Its recommended that everyone has a break from exercise from time to time, but it all depends on how many trips you take?
If its once a year, then its great to have a break from your exercise programme and eat a bit more loosely, this can be very liberating for you and you will come back much fresher, even if a few pounds heavier! This break will reinvigorate you and your workout programme and you will be pretty fired up for everything when you return!!!
If you take several trips a year though, then things need to change if you never exercise on holiday or your trips away.
Every trip i undertake, i always exercise, not only to stay in shape but to feel better too. Once i have a shower after my workout, i will always feel on top of the world again, and things will “feel right” again.
Here’s another thing to think about when you go on holiday and never train, for every week you do NO exercise, it takes at least 1-2 weeks to get back to normal.
If you take 3 weeks off training for example, it can take 3-6 weeks to get back to your former levels. This figure was arrived at through lengthy scientific research so it tends to be pretty accurate.
Also how many times have you not done a thing on holiday, and then found it desperately hard to get going in training and eating terms once again, i find this VERY COMMON indeed.
Bottom line is to have your holidays, but you need to keep some consistency in your training the rest of the year for all sorts of good reasons!
I agree Keri, and I am wondering what I can do once I go to the Van, I cant take my bike as I have no bike rack on the car, that leaves running or walking. I will try to run and see how it goes. We tend to BBQ when we are down there or eat out. Last time I bought a Bass from the supermarket and cooked it with herbs and lemon, it was surprisingly nice with a Pasta salad, and I had fresh fruit salad with a vanilla custard yogurt for dessert. Also chicken kebabs are tasty but last time I think Ken overcooked them, so I will cook them my self next time. If you have any ideas about what else I can cook on the BBQ please let me know. Ta
Great to see u back and firing along again.
With barbecues they can be healthy as long as it’s a super high fat to begin with and will give more ideas tomorrow,
Avoid running for a while yet, a good walk if done at pace can often beat running