I was just painfully reminded of how important it is to keep things simple in life. Had an unbelievable workout on Saturday, only to awake on Sunday feeling as though I had been run over
by a truck -- repeatedly. Yes, I do typically feel my workouts a few days later; but this soreness was far beyond that "typical" feeling. So I traced my steps back to see what was different. What I realized is that I had tried out some new "exotic" movements in my warm-up to replace some of my usual movements. Doing my usual research, I came across some stretches and warm-up movements that were said to replace several other movements I was already doing. So I figured, hey, that sounds like a good idea, if I can save time and accomplish the same amount of quality work, why not do it. What I quickly realized is that these new (exotic) movements in fact did not work as well. They did not warm my body up properly nor effectively prepare me for my workout.
And of course being me, I started thinking about how this example of using the "new and improved" happens in not only when it comes to staying healthy, but in life.
Check out today's video blog post to see what I mean: