G95champ Posted July 7, 2003 Posted July 7, 2003 Time off never hurt anyone. (General George S. Patton Jr.) "It's the unconquerable soul of man, and not the nature of the weapon he uses, that ensures victory."
ShirKhan Posted July 9, 2003 Posted July 9, 2003 First thing I wanted to say is turn off your air conditioner. I worked as a roofer in Florida for a couple years and if you slept at night in air conditioning and then tried to get on a roof in the blazing sun in 90% humidity, if you didn't die you surely wanted to. I swore off air conditioning in my car or my house for many years since, which has made some people swear at me...but it's better that your body become adaptable to weather and temperature changes. In the same vein, I keep the temps below normal in the winter (I presently live in Wyoming) and go out walking or jogging on a daily basis no matter the weather. Sometimes I also meditate "I love the heat, love the heat" and actually invite the sun to warm me more...this week I felt I needed a purification of some sort, I shut all the windows with 96F outside, and put in a very sweaty gasping workout, and THEN went to take a hot steam! (With a gallon of water in easy reach). Taking an ice cold rinse and then stepping outside into the cool breeze was like being born again. Of course, the rest of the day I was a lazy bum and very self-righteous about it too. Difficulty brings opportunity.
Red J Posted July 9, 2003 Posted July 9, 2003 I worked as a roofer in Florida for a couple years That could qualify you for the "Hottest Job" award . Serious heat. I had to lose my mind to come to my senses.
Synaesthesia Posted July 11, 2003 Posted July 11, 2003 shotochem, I know exactly how you feel. (Not exactly,because I'm probably a helluva lot more lazy by nature then you. No offense, but I could probably out-loaf anybody here.) In such times, I feel that the worst thing is to give up physical activity alltogether. I can never feel like I rest properly unless I'm somewhat active. I find the best thing to do when I lack the emotional energy to train, is to just do light workouts. Fun stuff like some light shadow boxing, working on body angles. That not only helps prevent me from loosing tone, a little bit of exercise is actually necessary for the really *serious* relaxation for the seriously lazy.
ZR440 Posted July 11, 2003 Posted July 11, 2003 First thing I wanted to say is turn off your air conditioner. I worked as a roofer in Florida for a couple years and if you slept at night in air conditioning and then tried to get on a roof in the blazing sun in 90% humidity, if you didn't die you surely wanted to. I swore off air conditioning in my car or my house for many years since, which has made some people swear at me...but it's better that your body become adaptable to weather and temperature changes. In the same vein, I keep the temps below normal in the winter (I presently live in Wyoming) and go out walking or jogging on a daily basis no matter the weather. Sometimes I also meditate "I love the heat, love the heat" and actually invite the sun to warm me more...this week I felt I needed a purification of some sort, I shut all the windows with 96F outside, and put in a very sweaty gasping workout, and THEN went to take a hot steam! (With a gallon of water in easy reach). Taking an ice cold rinse and then stepping outside into the cool breeze was like being born again. Of course, the rest of the day I was a lazy bum and very self-righteous about it too. Difficulty brings opportunity. How many times did you fall off a roof? It's happy hour somewhere in the world.
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