Ok, so not a flattering image, it was not supposed to be. Taking a break from my usual philosophical pondering to get back into some movement training today.
So imagine if you did almost zero exercise for 3 months apart from a bit of stretching.(lots of screen time)
Imagine if you had not eaten for 20 hours, and even then only very little. (I usually eat once per day because I hate dishes)
Imagine if you only ate meat, almost totally zero plants of any kind for 7.5 months. (I am a contrarian in most things)
Then imagine if you paddled out to sea for 3km and returned (6km total) on a 23.5" wide 14' long race SUP with 6 knot headwind.
The phone app "run keeper" stopped recording at 5km, so did not pick up the last 1km.
Even so, 6km/hour is about 2-2.5km/h slower than what I used to paddle when I was training.
I have lost muscle mass, skill and some fitness, (I fell many times), but considering all the training I "have not" done, my body has maintained a fair amount of tone and performance.
Still as ugly as a bag of smashed crabs, and should at least brush my hair before a photo - but I am what I am.
I am a bit of minimalist, simply because when I reduce the unnecessary, what remains is easier to understand and maintain.
If you read my posts, you'll figure that I am a great appreciator of nature and of reality as it has been unfolding long before technological influences began playing a significant role. Long before the stories of man began re-mapping our instincts.
That is probably the reason I ended up trying a diet based upon what my ancestors may have eaten during both ice ages and times of plentiful game.
I enjoy Stand Up Paddle, (SUP) training because it rewards both functional baseline tension (postural/emotional) and the application of force in a moving environment, (focus and skill).
The ocean may be largely dead, but it still moves to non synthetic forces ie. heat and gravity. It is so nice to calibrate to this and just this.
Any day above ground is a good day
Any day above water is a great day =8-P
I know I won't win any votes from the vegetarian community, but I have tried both that and raw vegan also. I greatly respect all who try different things and find their own way in the short amount of time we have, before we too return to where ever we arise from.