Its like you have been monitoring my TP account Phil with this post. Man cold this last week and high stress from work has limited my training. Is always hard to know when to start back. It has been helpful to do some low intensity work outs to clear the airways and keep the body from going into hibernation.
I completely agree with all this. Trying to train when feeling under the weather isn't fun so I'm quite happy to sit back and take a few days off. The only time I've had COVID, I started to feel rough and saw Garmin stress and HRV numbers reflect it two days before a test picked up that I had it. I don't live by those numbers, but they are definitely useful.
"However, if you stop training for too long, you will lose fitness... And unfortunately, the older you are, the quicker you will lose fitness." Ain't that the truth. Suffered a debilitating back injury on the MTB last November and was off the bike for 10 weeks. Lost 50 watts from my FTP and about 10 pounds (4.5kg) of muscle mass. At 59, I am not sure I am going to be able to get that back. Good health is such an asset.
@@myprocoach123 Appreciate the good words. Good news is that I am back to following your Century/Fondo endurance building plan, so if all goes injury-free this time, I expect to conquer a couple of the planned long rides this coming summer.
Its like you have been monitoring my TP account Phil with this post. Man cold this last week and high stress from work has limited my training. Is always hard to know when to start back. It has been helpful to do some low intensity work outs to clear the airways and keep the body from going into hibernation.
I'm sorry to hear that. Good luck with your recovery, and thanks for your comment.
I completely agree with all this. Trying to train when feeling under the weather isn't fun so I'm quite happy to sit back and take a few days off.
The only time I've had COVID, I started to feel rough and saw Garmin stress and HRV numbers reflect it two days before a test picked up that I had it. I don't live by those numbers, but they are definitely useful.
Thank you for this info!! This is kinda crazy, I literally fell ill today, lol.
Thanks, and get well soon!
"However, if you stop training for too long, you will lose fitness... And unfortunately, the older you are, the quicker you will lose fitness."
Ain't that the truth. Suffered a debilitating back injury on the MTB last November and was off the bike for 10 weeks. Lost 50 watts from my FTP and about 10 pounds (4.5kg) of muscle mass. At 59, I am not sure I am going to be able to get that back.
Good health is such an asset.
I'm really sorry to hear that. Good luck with your return to fitness.
@@myprocoach123 Appreciate the good words. Good news is that I am back to following your Century/Fondo endurance building plan, so if all goes injury-free this time, I expect to conquer a couple of the planned long rides this coming summer.