Circumstances.

[xlucasx]

Yes, next to the fat question, there was one thing that was occupying my mind that I'd like some opinions on.

 

That is, the routine of things. Now I keep a good routine, in that I do excercies 5 x a week and target one different muscle group each of those days (ofcourse some overlapping is bound to occur, but I try and keep it separated). No excuses. That's not the problem of routine I'm talking about. What I'm talking about is the circumstantial routine. Dietarily (?!) speaking, except for the principle of veganism, my diet is anarchy. I eat what comes up and when it does. Ranging from tofu to chocolate and from fresh fruit to coca cola. Some days go by without any consumption at all, some other days I eat wayyyyy too much. I don't have fixed times on which I eat either, or a fixed number of meals that I consume. In the mix of things though I do eat a lot of rice, pasta, grains, beans, nuts, fruits, vegetables and soyproducts, just not structured by any governing philosophy.

 

Then in sleep too. That's pretty much a mess. Sometimes I stay in bed for over twelve hours, some times I don't get sleep at all. Again the governing law of anarchy seems to be at work. When I go to bed can range from ten in the evening to four in the morning. Same goes for getting up. Since, as I posted before, I do my excercises usually before I go to bed, sometimes I end up doing them post-midnight.

 

So in terms of eat & sleep I have no governing principle. As to why or if that's a good thing, lets not bother with that, but my question is: what is the effect on the progress your body can make? Does it set any boundaries? I do notice that an excercise that I could do without too much difficulty the one week, can seem painsteaking the next. Is that because the circumstances are so radically different? Since my eating habits are non existent, the time I wait before I do my excercises varies strongly too. Is all this related to this lack of structure or is it just normal to go through better and worse moments as a curve in progress? An upward spyral so to speak?

[Jay]

It just depends....

 

I think eating plus sleeping plus strength training ought to make you stronger. If it doesn't, I don't think little things are going to really make a difference. At least not enough to bother with.

 

There are tons of little things though that people will advocate doing in order to improve. I'm sure some people would advocate a more structured schedule.

 

I wouldn't. The littlie things don't add up, they just reduce quality of life.

[Phoenix]

I agree with Jay, it does "just depend" but, if you want to accomplish anything in this life it takes a certain bit of routine, meaning (attention to) whatever it is that you desire.

 

There are those people here that track everything and that works for them, there are others who track very little and that may work for them. But, if you do not have goals, how can you tell if you are meeting them. And if you do not pay any attention to achieving your goal how do you know what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong.

 

I think that paying attention to, actually makes it easier to achieve one's goals. It has been said that insanity is expecting things to change by doing the same thing over and over again.

 

Diet and sleep are critical in aiding the muscle healing/building process.

Something must change in order for the outcome to change.

[_raVen_]

..... It has been said that insanity is expecting things to change by doing the same thing over and over again...

 

That was Benjamin Franklin. He has a lot of great quotes. Too bad he didn't follow them

[Phoenix]

Cool......

 

Thanks Raven.