I made the decision a week ago today to lower the weights for almost all of my lifts, and concentrate on form, slowing down (particularly on the negative portion) and full contraction pauses during my reps. Probably going back to lifting heavy this week though, as I finalize a few more profound changes to my lifting program that will be coming soon.
All in all, it was good for my joint health, my mental health, and just gave me enough of a change so as to get me through some challenging times.
Food wise, I kept things largely whole foods based and clean as always. Did a bit more food prep, which was just what I needed given the hectic work week.
I restricted my carbs a bit more on most days than has been normal recently. Still ate tons of protein, tons of fresh veggies (especially tons of greens) and some fruit. Upped my fiber a bit more.
It was a nice cycle change that I may stick with this week, too.
Movement wise - I have been averaging between 140k and 170k steps a week for a while now. This seems to be sustainable and pretty effective as far as me achieving my desired fitness goals. I haven't done as much intense mobility work as in weeks prior, but I still did enough to progress in that area overall. I need to find more pockets of time to fit a bit more in, though.
I have a list of to-do's that I want to accomplish today. Went to bed really early, got up really, really early, and I'm kind of in a weird space right now. I need to just get moving and not think too much...
Sometimes thinking just gets in the way of doing.
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