Training Tuesday: Strength Training for Recovery

Kirk, I'm trying, I'm trying to be training, not exercising.

I'm trying my best, but I'm firmly in this, for the millionth time in the last however many years, firmly in the everything is kinda rocking me stage, where, like, yesterday I did a recovery run, 42 minutes, easy-- Not even a recovery.

This was two days later.

This was just an easy run, and I felt good during.

Mm-hmm.

And then my legs were very tired and heavy the rest of the day.

So, like, just everything's making me tired or sore or...

Like, the ball's not rolling yet.

You, you've been in that stage, I assume?

Yeah.

Yeah, of course.

Okay.

But I am finding that lifting is the thing that makes me feel the absolute best right now.

Um, like, you feel best afterwards in life in general?

Yeah, towards the end of it, and then afterwards.

It feels regenerative, restorative to me.

Not everything, but-

But it doesn't kick you down.

You mean you're not snubbed afterwards.

You're more invigorated than, than beat up.

Yes.

But I'm also not killing myself on squats or-- and I'm not doing any Bulgarian split, um, squats at all.

That was gonna be my exact follow-up question, was, well, how hard are you going on your legs? Because I find, like, you can walk around with sore chest or your lats ripped up-

Mm-hmm

... or even biceps that are torn up, but the legs will suck the life out of me, and then it ruins my running.