I feel like I’m in a bad rut.
My routine for the last 6 months was to exercise, run, work my core, do yoga, stretch, even do some handstands. I’d do it before having breakfast, it’d be the first thing I do after waking up. These training sessions would last anywhere from 60 minutes to 3 hours. Even if I felt tired I stick to this routine because it helps me work better (I’m a nurse, so most of my shifts I have to walk a lot anyway).
The longer I’ve been doing this routine, the shorter it gets on my working days: 6 months ago I would train longer than one hour and go to work, but in the last 2 weeks all I’ve achieved is some stretching, some running and then I just sit next to the trail and admire nature because I don’t have energy to do anything else.
I don’t know how big of a role temperature plays: it’s almost 90 here (Farenheit) and very sunny.
Is this a phase? Is my body telling me to tone it down? Is it just the summer?
Overall I’m in better shape and have less back pain, I even walk better but I feel tired.
Just following up on many of the comments that ask, are you allowing enough rest/recovery? … I have a Garmin watch that gives a training status that I find a good indicator of whether my exercise is benefiting me or not. If my “load” is the same or going up and my “fitness” is going down it’s a good indicator that I’m not getting enough rest or that my current exercise has plateaued. I find it a good prompt to rethink what I’m doing.