The New Me

The year of 2018. I should see major changes in myself. Last year, I started to participate multi-sports events such as Duathlon.

1. Meta-sprint
2. Tri-factor
3. City60
4. Singapore International Duathlon

I participated in OCBC Cycle too. 

Training include running 3 to 4 times a week. One of the days will be either cycle follow by a run or vice versa. Waking up in the early morning like 4 to 4:30am is no joke. Same as weekend. Waking up around 4:30am as well to start riding at 5 to 5:30am. One side effect of waking up or having not enough sleep put tremendous stress on the Adrenaline glands. 

It is common for athletes to experience Adrenal fatigue. We love pain because we push ourselves to reach the next new PR (personal record). We took pain with pride. No pain no gain. And yet, many of us ignore the damage it does to the body. As much as we push ourselves, we need to accept the fact that rest is crucial too. With rest, the body gets enough time to repair and build new muscles and etc... Of course, we need raw materials for recovery too.

So what do we need? Protein is key. It is especially critical for post recovery during the first 30 minutes after exercise. Depending on the exercise that you had done, whether it is Aerobic or Anaerobic will also determine how are you going to do your recovery.

I will talk about Aerobic and Anaerobic exercise and recovery in my next post.