Tuesday 28 April 2009

Lifestyle and Routine Changes

The past week in London has allowed me to get into a routine to improve my training, diet and sleeping habits which i think have been detrimental to my training in the last few months.
With loads of coaching and training, it's easy to get into the habit of naps, coffees,snacks and and energy drinks as the daily routine. I've slowly felt myself get more lethargic and demotivated over the last few months as I've obviously been working very hard and let this sporadic diet and sleeping become my routine.

Every day in London last week was pretty much the same - up early, good breakfast, training, light lunch and a break, then teach afternoon and train night or vice versa.
This allowed me to fit in two training sessions a day, get some business work done, teach and still be done by 9 or 10 at night so I could get a big meal and catch up with friends if i like for a dance.
I decided to totally kill the caffeine during the London week and have had no Starbucks or energy drinks at all, favouring natural bars or fruit/fruit juice for snacks as well as having a light but nutritious lunch such as some sushi or some chicken piences and a vitamin shake. I've also been very consciously drinking 2-3 litres of water everyday.
I feel so much better.

Now my lifestyle in Glasgow is slightly different - I like to go out at least one night a week(although have curbed the drinking!) and have to spend at least a couple of hours a day on emails/paperwork and webstuff.

I'm going to try and mantain a similar routine - times arent exact obviously but they give me a rough way to weigh up my day.

9/10am - up earlyish for breakfast and business work/emails/calls etc.
12pm - light training(probably solo most days)
2pm - lunch and another bit of business work
4pm - either afternoon teaching or training session
7pm - either evening teaching or training session
9pm - finish trainig for the day, eat and possibly go socialise or have a night in.

It's likely that because of my training mates' other commitments that I'll be training solo at some point every day. this is something I want to get more used to and it allows me to fit some really focused training in. i find when training alone it helps me to set very specific targets to finish so that i dont get bored or distracted.

If I can roughly keep this routine most days, I think my training, sleep and general mood will lift as it has in London the past week.

1 comment:

kieraninmotion said...

Good luck, I've just cut caffeine out of my diet too so will see how that goes.