[madanyang]

madanyang on December 5, 2016 at 10:43 am · in reply to: Recovering from illness #3617

Hi,

I am having a similar issue, I have a running nose and looks like I am about to catch the cold. Therefore, I have decided do take the week off. I am currently in the 3rd week of base training and I am following the 24 week program on trainingpeaks and in the overview it is stated “If you miss more than 2 in a week then repeat that week.”

Yet the advice in Training for the New Alpinism suggests doing an easy training for everyday missed, which Nathanols is following and Scott is advocating and this is contrast to the above explanation given in the program description.

I now understand how to structure the strength part but how do you adjust the easy training for aerobic activities. Is there some kind of rule of thumb to plan these missed day?

Thanks

[madanyang]

madanyang on December 2, 2016 at 12:01 pm · in reply to: Staying healthy #3565

Hi,

I have studied Chinese Medicine so my comments are based on that mind set. However without a detailed diagnostic it is just general commentary on the subject.

Contrary to the common belief, Tai Chi is a yang activity, meaning it will not bring you to a relax state ready to sleep easily. Diary products such as yoghurt cheese and milk in terms of Chinese medicine are no go when you have sinus and chest infections.

Meditation or the initial phase of it which is relaxation can be done with any activity you do, cooking, walking, running, gardening, etc.. The idea is not to think the next phase but simply follow the rhythm of the event. In the beginning it sounds gibberish yet what is simple is easy to do and what is easy, is also simple.