http://knackeredhack.com/2007/02/09/30/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=30 the curious study of broken things Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:37:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/02/09/30/comment-page-1/#comment-96 recovery-based training reflects complexity in achievement at the knackered hack Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:02:14 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/02/09/30/#comment-96 [...] an earlier post, I linked to an article on recovery-based training. Here is a more accessible version from the same [...] [...] an earlier post, I linked to an article on recovery-based training. Here is a more accessible version from the same [...]

]]> http://knackeredhack.com/2007/02/09/30/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Greg Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:22:28 +0000 http://knackeredhack.com/2007/02/09/30/#comment-8 Indeed, slowing down can be the hardest part! I've used my HR monitor on-and-off now for over two years but still cannot manage to hold myself back on recovery days. Is there something hard-wired within us to go as hard as possible when the adrenaline is flowing, or am I captive to a culture that overvalues hard work? Either way, my fitness suffers. My watch can be set to alert me if I'm outside of my desired heart rate range, but the *beep* is unbearable. I keep threatening myself that one day I'll turn it on. Indeed, slowing down can be the hardest part! I’ve used my HR monitor on-and-off now for over two years but still cannot manage to hold myself back on recovery days. Is there something hard-wired within us to go as hard as possible when the adrenaline is flowing, or am I captive to a culture that overvalues hard work? Either way, my fitness suffers.
My watch can be set to alert me if I’m outside of my desired heart rate range, but the *beep* is unbearable. I keep threatening myself that one day I’ll turn it on.

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