That sounds familiar. Maybe I try to make too many things important
Don’t we all? Your training seems to be pretty submaximal though, so its probably not really applicable there.
Just re-checked emails, it was buried in my inbox and I don’t use that email frequently, sorry, replied now!
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Cardio was late tonight, really didn’t want to do it because I have a lot of great excuses, but unlike lifting if I let cardio off for a day it will just never come back. I let lifting off for the aforementioned great excuses and will catch that uo tomorrow no worries!
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Can you tell me which email address I used? I forgot because I have several throwaways 
Old username 314@Gmail.com
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Pushed harder all the way through, wasn’t LISS by then end. Think I’m going to sack off any thoughts of HIIT pre training for the time being. The LISS overlaps into harder work and I’m going to continue slowly building it up. HIIT doesn’t really align with any of my goals except conditioning, but with the overlap here I think I can avoid it until a later date. If I still find my conditioning lacking in 2/3 months time I’ll throw in HIIT.
Took a look at myself during some evening bedtime activities last night and realised that my body isn’t looking too good right now, spurred me on to do what I’ve needed to for ages, ditch the binge sugar eating and clean the diet up a bit. No bodyweight aims, but cleaning diet up, keeping protein high and daily cardio will hopefully take care of things and not derail me from my main goal.
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No more chocolate oranges 
Haha no, they’re mostly only around in the shops at Christmas anyway.
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I presume that the easter bunny won’t be visiting either?
Today’s work:
Bench: 60, 70, 80, 90kg X 5, 100kg X 10
S/s
BB row: 60kg X 10, 70, 80, 90, 100kg X 5
Went wider than normal in top set through me off, plus I generally felt weak, even the first set felt heavy.
Slingshot bench: 110kg X 5 X 3
S/s
Cable row (straight handle): 80kg X 15, 100kg X 15 X 2
Inc bench: 25kg X 15 X 3
S/s
Lat pulldown 80kg X 15 X 3
Hated most of that, its cold and I find breathing in cold air when out of breath is deeply unpleasant, struggled to catch breath and lower heart rate in-between sets. Daily moan over - chest and tris got a pump. Mental training funk continues.
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Hey too early for the dead bunny jokes Anna 
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Sorry, that’s not what I meant!
I was referring to the copious amounts of chocolate he/she/it brings
I know, just couldn’t pass on that comedic opportunity!
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Cardio for the day (camera didn’t capture it well, but I did it, promise!): 6.5mph for 14 mins then up by 0.1 mph until 20mins. Ran 2.1ish miles.
Need to get the bike sorted asap, running and rowing aren’t quite as low impact as I’d like, particularly when it’s every day, shins started feeling slightly grumbly at 12 mins in (I get shin splints easily) and hammies and back are grumbling slightly at rowing. I’m sure my body will adapt in time.
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I had a xxl mirror in front of my bed once while I was in a relationship. 10/10 recommend.
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Haha, there’s definitely pros and cons to that, for me at the moment I’d be distracted by my own blubber!
I work in retail and I can let you know for free that Easter Eggs were available on Christmas Eve. It’s never too early for the Easter Bunny.
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Why are you doing it every day? What’s the goal? If something hurts or beats me up then I sit down and think about the risk/reward and/or return on investment.
I posted this in @kleinhound’s log a while back and still keep it in mind when I think about running.
This is from a study I found in the TSAC-F Journal. It seems that less can be more (this is from a general fitness perspective).
Preventing overtraining
- Running 5 days per week vs 3 days per week increased injury risk by 225% with no difference in VO2 max
- Running 45 minutes vs 30 minutes 3 days a week increased injury risk by 125% with no improvement in VO2 max.
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Thanks J - good points, why am I doing it? Improve cardiovascular/overall health, stamina/endurance and general fitness (plus a vain hope that it might improve body comp!)
Why am I doing it every day?
Mostly because if I don’t then I’ll slip and it’ll disappear (see the change of heart on doing HIIT pre-training!)
That’s interesting data though definitely worth considering. I do wonder though, given that I am switching it up almost daily between running and rowing, and I’m also only doing 20 mins a day if not particularly hard work (albeit my shins moaned today), am I still at a higher risk of injury?
Less can be more but I’m only doing 120 mins of cardio per week, wouldn’t have thought I’d get much out of less than that.
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