I suspect this is one of those universal human experiences that isn’t.
My best mental outcome after exercise is “no change,” and if I push myself too far, I can pretty much ruin myself for 2 days. And sometimes end up on the ground, unable to move, barely staying conscious due to something that looks an awful lot like hypoglycemia.
I do still exercise- I have to, because the alternative is worse- but I’ve had to come up with less invasive training routines to compensate. Mostly spreading them over the day, and over the week, never doing too much at any one time.
I do have a nice selection of medical issues that at least partially explain this, but gotta say, getting an INT/proficiency buff from exercise sure sounds like cheating!
Lately I also have changed to very long “zone 2” cardio. Because of specific joint and back problems, some injuries, some congenital. But the exertion itself still feels good mentally if I seperate it from my aching body.
Luckily zone 2 still works for mental effects, it just takes hours to have the same effect. Basically you only exert yourself below the threshold where your body would start building up lactic acid. So if you feel muscle soreness the next day, you’re pushing too hard. Unless you live in a lab you have to use proxies and trial and error to estimate where zone 2 is. Usually people say something like, “You should still be able to have a good conversation at this effort level.”
The time is annoying but my Netflix addiction has never felt so useful.
I suspect this is one of those universal human experiences that isn’t.
My best mental outcome after exercise is “no change,” and if I push myself too far, I can pretty much ruin myself for 2 days. And sometimes end up on the ground, unable to move, barely staying conscious due to something that looks an awful lot like hypoglycemia.
I do still exercise- I have to, because the alternative is worse- but I’ve had to come up with less invasive training routines to compensate. Mostly spreading them over the day, and over the week, never doing too much at any one time.
I do have a nice selection of medical issues that at least partially explain this, but gotta say, getting an INT/proficiency buff from exercise sure sounds like cheating!
Lately I also have changed to very long “zone 2” cardio. Because of specific joint and back problems, some injuries, some congenital. But the exertion itself still feels good mentally if I seperate it from my aching body.
Luckily zone 2 still works for mental effects, it just takes hours to have the same effect. Basically you only exert yourself below the threshold where your body would start building up lactic acid. So if you feel muscle soreness the next day, you’re pushing too hard. Unless you live in a lab you have to use proxies and trial and error to estimate where zone 2 is. Usually people say something like, “You should still be able to have a good conversation at this effort level.”
The time is annoying but my Netflix addiction has never felt so useful.