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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2014-03-19 09:18 am

*yawn*

I'm taking a class after work today,* and right now, at almost 9:30 AM, I'm already exhausted and sleepy. No clue how I'll last through the 6:30-9:30 class. I started up the Body by You workout program, which is a bodyweight exercise program. It doesn't take very long, only about 20 minutes, which is really about my attention span these days, but at my current lousy level of conditioning, it does plenty. I'm sticking to Monday-Wednesday-Friday, because the last time I started a program, it was "do it 2 or 3 times a week," without specifying any particular day, and it was too damn easy to just say "I'll do it tomorrow."

Plus, the 20-minute-long thing is good. :D

Anyway, what this has to do with the class is that I got up and did the routine while Toby was in the shower, which has wrung me out. I read people here and there who claim that working out in the morning gets them energized for the rest of the day, and that has never, not once, happened for me. I'm always tired and slightly wobbly for the rest of the day. Is that one of the things that happen once you're already in shape, or is it just that it works for some people and not others?


* On making voiceovers, which does seem a bit odd, except that I'm actually wanting to learn the technical stuff behind podcasting, which requires some sort of content, and as I can't come up with both a subject and other people to make one, I'm planning on resorting to recording myself reading out-of-copyright ghost stories,** and I'm a bit leery of my ability to do that. So when this class popped up in the extended education department of the university I work for, it seemed reasonable enough.***

** Plenty on Project Gutenberg and other places!

***I won't guarantee that this podcast will actually happen, but hey.

[identity profile] jinian.livejournal.com 2014-03-19 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
It's both. Some people never do seem to get an energy bounce from working out (and I heard there's a correlation between that and chronic pain), but some of us start to get it as we become more fit.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2014-03-19 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Hopefully I'm in the latter group, then!
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[identity profile] viridian5.livejournal.com 2014-03-20 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
I can get on the fingers of one hand the times in my life when working out gave me an energy boost no matter how fit I was, though I didn't get a chronic pain condition until 2006. I'm glad to know it's not just me, since hearing in the media about how wonderful exercise makes "everyone" feel gets really depressing for me. *g*

[identity profile] matildarose.livejournal.com 2014-03-19 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm the same when it comes to workouts. Granted, that may be due to hydration levels- my body weight, genetic makeup, and medication makes me sweat like a stuck pig doing just about anything, so I'm always having to keep my water intake high (thankfully I don't feel thirsty, as that'd be a warning sign of a different caliber).

As for podcasting, I heard one trick some podcasters use is to put a screen of pantyhose over their mike, in order to cut down on whatever happens with 'p' sounds. You could also, when you feel better about it, see if you can lend your talents to other podcasts- there's many short story podcasts that look for new talent to expand their pool.

Ultimately, let me know what your podcast is! I'll definitely add it to my pool. ... and get to it many months later because I listen from oldest to newest, and I'm still back in October.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2014-03-19 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Good to know about the "p" sounds. I'm worried about my "s" sounds, too, as every time I hear myself recorded--and sometimes when I hear other people recorded-the sibilants drive me nuts.

I figure good equipment will fix some of that, but there's no point in investing a lot of money into this unless I manage to keep it going. XD

I'll let you know when it's up! If it gets up! :D

[identity profile] riofriotex.livejournal.com 2014-03-20 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
If I don't do my workouts in the morning, I typically won't do them at all. I usually do them very first thing, before breakfast or even coffee/tea. They do energize me and I'm typically too tired (or hungry) when I get home from work. But I do think it can vary over time. When I started working out regularly (about 18 years ago), I did so after the workday.

[identity profile] lrodell.livejournal.com 2014-03-27 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think I ever got an energy boost from exercising? I mean, I feel *mentally* better for having done it, but morning is *not* my preferred time of day. Ooh, ghost stories I love to pieces! I'll be ready whenever you are! (M.R. James is beautifully chilling! <3)