Comments on: Why Your Excuses Are Crap: “I’m too tired” http://www.stumptuous.com/why-your-excuses-are-crap-exercise-and-energy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:48:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Noel Lynne Figart http://www.stumptuous.com/why-your-excuses-are-crap-exercise-and-energy/comment-page-1#comment-2037 Noel Lynne Figart Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:12:12 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3403#comment-2037 This is totally anecdotal, just being me and all, but I've been tired and felt like crap all summer, even with pushing to finish a challenge if swimming 50 miles in four months. I've gotten back in the weight room and after only a week, I am experiencing a dramatically noticeable improvement in mood and energy that just the swimming doesn't do for me. I do think some cardio is important to stay healthy and I love to swim, but the real results seem to me to come from challenging myself with weights. I do push quite hard in the weight room and leave a workout shaking. That seems to be what does it for me, personally. This is totally anecdotal, just being me and all, but I’ve been tired and felt like crap all summer, even with pushing to finish a challenge if swimming 50 miles in four months.

I’ve gotten back in the weight room and after only a week, I am experiencing a dramatically noticeable improvement in mood and energy that just the swimming doesn’t do for me.

I do think some cardio is important to stay healthy and I love to swim, but the real results seem to me to come from challenging myself with weights. I do push quite hard in the weight room and leave a workout shaking. That seems to be what does it for me, personally.

]]> By: Mistress Krista http://www.stumptuous.com/why-your-excuses-are-crap-exercise-and-energy/comment-page-1#comment-1174 Mistress Krista Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:01:45 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3403#comment-1174 In this case, it means they assigned the women a level of resistance that is normally too low to cause any noticeable effect. We know that below a certain point, resistance won't increase strength or put a significant demand on the body to recover or respond. (This is why low-resistance "toning" is largely a waste of time for most purposes.) So, they did the movements, but not at a level that would challenge their bodies enough to respond. In this case, it means they assigned the women a level of resistance that is normally too low to cause any noticeable effect. We know that below a certain point, resistance won’t increase strength or put a significant demand on the body to recover or respond. (This is why low-resistance “toning” is largely a waste of time for most purposes.) So, they did the movements, but not at a level that would challenge their bodies enough to respond.

]]> By: Ms .45 http://www.stumptuous.com/why-your-excuses-are-crap-exercise-and-energy/comment-page-1#comment-1172 Ms .45 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:46:53 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3403#comment-1172 Great info, but what exactly is a placebo for exercise??? The whole point of a placebo is that it tricks you into thinking you've done something (ie taken a pill that has an effect, when all you've done is swallow a bit of lactose), whereas if you move your body, that's definitely exercise. Or do they mean they gave the women a supplement? Great info, but what exactly is a placebo for exercise??? The whole point of a placebo is that it tricks you into thinking you’ve done something (ie taken a pill that has an effect, when all you’ve done is swallow a bit of lactose), whereas if you move your body, that’s definitely exercise. Or do they mean they gave the women a supplement?

]]> By: blreber.net | http://www.stumptuous.com/why-your-excuses-are-crap-exercise-and-energy/comment-page-1#comment-1104 blreber.net | Wed, 27 May 2009 18:59:13 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3403#comment-1104 [...] Why Your Excuses Are Crap: “I’m too tired” :: stumptuous.com [...] [...] Why Your Excuses Are Crap: “I’m too tired” :: stumptuous.com [...]

]]> By: anonymous http://www.stumptuous.com/why-your-excuses-are-crap-exercise-and-energy/comment-page-1#comment-1069 anonymous Thu, 21 May 2009 18:34:00 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3403#comment-1069 Great post, but can you promise to never show a picture of Richard Simmons in shorts again? Great post, but can you promise to never show a picture of Richard Simmons in shorts again?

]]> By: Trishy http://www.stumptuous.com/why-your-excuses-are-crap-exercise-and-energy/comment-page-1#comment-1066 Trishy Thu, 21 May 2009 16:26:43 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3403#comment-1066 Great study. I'm not surprised about the lack of a noticeable difference between the loss of fatigue after a light or a heavy workout. When I feel tired and sluggish and want to vegetate on the couch, just getting off my ass and doing some dishes makes me feel more energetic. You don't have to do much activity to immediately feel better. Of course, if this study went on for six months, I bet the women who were working out harder would report having more energy all the time as compared to those who were working out lighter, since they would probably be in better physical condition at that point. Great study. I’m not surprised about the lack of a noticeable difference between the loss of fatigue after a light or a heavy workout. When I feel tired and sluggish and want to vegetate on the couch, just getting off my ass and doing some dishes makes me feel more energetic. You don’t have to do much activity to immediately feel better. Of course, if this study went on for six months, I bet the women who were working out harder would report having more energy all the time as compared to those who were working out lighter, since they would probably be in better physical condition at that point.

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