A little (ok a lot) excited to talk about personal bests! It seems as though the past two+ weeks I have been just blasting through my best and hitting another personal best.
My last article I talked a lot about sleep and rest and relaxation. Words that do not really capture the essence of who I am very well. I’m active, busy, hard working, driven and … I don’t sleep much because I have so much on my plate. I don’t spend much time resting and relaxing … because I have a lot to do and accomplish.
Every so often I just crash and crash hard … and that happened to me the last two days. I think I booked in over 8 hours of sleep between impromptu naps and the actual night time sleepy stuff…
Hmm.. could that be why I totally smashed my personal best? … For the first time (ever! seriously ever!) I was strong enough to lift myself up, at bent elbow style and flip my legs straight through the air like Teresa does! A total and complete personal best.
Why did I achieve this? Yes, I work hard in the gym and yes I pay attention to what I eat, focusing on high quality food including protein, carbohydrates and fiber support.
But .. I really see how my rest has helped me recover! Like really recover! And I pushed out the best personal best I’ve yet to achieve!
So I want to spend a little time on two things!
#1 – GO FOR THE BEST! Always! If you smash a record, find another great personal best to try and achieve. Go for the next personal best! There is always something else to push for. Always something else to strive for. Always something else to try!
#2 – Never Forget About Recovery!
A little about that recovery stuff (the stuff I totally don’t do well)
A) What is the best way to recover?
How do you plan to recover from your daily training? Your active recovery from those hard and strenuous workouts. What will you do?
Remember!
Training = Work + Recover ; Progress = Work + Recovery ; Achieving your personal best = Work + Recovery
When you fail to recover (and yes, I need to heed my own advice) you can become injured, burnt out, tired, lack the energy and focus to train and train hard!
Recover Well by …
- Focus on getting high-quality sleep.
- Focus on your nutrition. Optimize your pre and post workout meals, then attack your overall diet.
- Continue to analyze and tweak. Everyone is different and I cannot stress this enough. Listen to your body and make corrections as your body tells you.
Recover well and then go out there and attack your personal best! Attain new heights! Get all you want and more! and HAVE FUN! doing it!
Love and Hugs! See you tomorrow .. as I leave you with a photo of my personal best! today
Jenn @ Do You Bake?
Follow along on my journey, shadowing & working out alongside Teresa Bragado, fitness competitor during her 18 week preparations to compete! And! Our newly created Instagram feed with CRAVE IT!
