@anna_5588 You are playing the comparison game again - I know it’s a hard habit to break and when I was your age I had the exact same habit (for example, when I was 21, a guy who was 20 at the time won the Daytona 500. I got myself down comparing my life to his - feeling that I hadn’t yet accomplished anything of note). Also (and you know this) the more active folks are fueling their body appropriately with high quality/quantity of food.
“Active Recovery” I think is kind of load of crap. I would call it active rest. Active rest is “normal” (not your normal of excess walking) day to day activity (lawn work, chores, hobbies, etc…), full rest is day a vegging out on the couch.
I have a planned workout 6 days a week. Usually 3 days of strength, 3 days of conditioning. During normal times, the conditioning may have been a soccer game, but now it’s usually a track workout or trail run. I also used to get in one session of yoga/week, on a conditioning day.
One thing to note is that in addition to any workout for the day, I make sure to get in 5 miles and 10K steps each day. Can be any combination of walking, running, whatever. And I also bike to work, but it’s only about 15 minutes each way. The little things really do add up over time.
Biking doesn’t count, but any form of walking, running, etc… does. So conditioning days are easy, but other days I may need to get a few dedicated walks in. I usually start my day with a 1.25 mile walk, which helps me get there.
Well, much of the walking is around campus and the biking is to and from. It is pretty conducive to being relatively active outside of the gym. I think some struggle because they get 1 hour of activity in the gym, and the rest of their day they are just sitting in a chair, a car, or a couch. The “other” activity really goes a long way towards health and overall fitness (mental and physical).
As someone who’s aspiring to be where you are, this, and what @Bagsy has told me, is very reassuring
I’ve heard horror stories from family friends in finance (option 2 for me) who are/were basically under pressure to work 14-20hrs a day, 6-7 days a week for years
I do have tenure, and already been promoted to Full Professor. As you may know, you start with Assistant Professor for 6 years. At this time, you go up for tenure and also get promoted to Associate Professor. After tenure, you can either stay Associate for literally decades (some never ascend past this) or go up for promotion to Full Professor. Once here, there are no more promotions to be had. I have been Full since 2012. Great feeling!
I do expect to be working a crazy amount, but I presumed that research work was more flexible than office work. ie I don’t HAVE to be at the office 7am - 9pm. I could take an hour after class to workout, go for a walk in the afternoon when the sun’s out and push work in the evening or even use the treadmills as a treadmill desk
I’m less “lifting” as I prepare for my latest triathlon, but when I’m going that route, 4x a week is my sweet spot, with the other days being cardio or conditioning. I rarely take a day off of everything.
I appreciate the concerted effort to reach out and compare information, @pettersson.
Thanks @flappinit! That is impressive indeed! Having a co-worker being a triathlete, I understand the efforts required for such an endeveaour. (How) do you keep the gains (or could you care even less)?
I’m smaller and leaner than normal at the moment. I’m 6’4 and usually around 225-230, so that’s hell on the joints to be running with normally - losing a bit of upper body size and some lower body size helps me a lot. I just try to look good, be in shape (a decent level of strength with good cardiovascular fitness), and most importantly, have my kids see their dad being active, outdoors, and involved. But trying to ‘have it all’ has kept many people from getting anywhere, so when I’m invested in something, I make the necessary sacrifices to make it happen.
Once this race is over though, while doing my best to keep a general level of preparedness in the swim/run/bike, I’m going to jump back into hypertrophy training, because I love it.
By the way, aren’t you doing fortitude training? Or was that someone else.