I have increased the intensity of my exercise to a point that is not sustainable long term. Plus I'm getting up at 4:40 in the morning to do it! Definitely not sustainable! 5:00 I've handled for a year, but 4:40 is still night time. LOL! My plan is to keep up with this unsustainable work until Christmas, about a four week program. I may extend it through my Christmas break because I'll have a lot of extra time, so I guess it's a 4-6 week plan. In any case, following this time period I plan to take a "break".
What is a break to you? A week with no exercise? A week with little exercise? A week of vegging on the couch? I haven't taken a break since I began this program a year ago. I have what I call a "baseline" of activity which has become very routine and easy for me. (Thus the need to go extreme) It's spinning M/W/F and lifting T/TH. Should I revert to just that for a week?
Does anyone have any suggestions or thoughts? I don't know how to relax.