In weightlifting, PB - personal best - is when you’ve exceeded what you’ve done previously for the very first time. Either in total weight, or total repetition.
What’s the opposite of PB? It’s got to be PW - personal worst. I had a PW yesterday when for the first time in a year and a half, I did some running. A 10:40 per mile pace is laughably anemic, though I am quite proud of the fact I did not pause once during the 4.45 mile loop around the local lago. Surely I’ll dip back into the eight minutes soon enough.
After chasing putting on more weight on the barbell, the time has come to return some attention to the completely neglected cardio. I don’t have a problem skipping leg day, but rather skips cardio day at the time. There’s simply no replacement for jiggering the heart rate into the 180s (beats per minute). Even the most serious squat day I’ve done, the BPM has only gone into the 160s.
Because the aim for all of this is health. Focusing solely on moving weights is not a long-term play. There were some weight targets I wanted to hit so it made sense to concentrate fully on the barbell. I’ve ran into some level of diminishing returns so the timing was ripe to mix back in cardio. Am I scared that the weightlifting aspect will suffer some? Heck yeah. In the long run however it’s only going to be beneficial.
Just don’t tell that to my leg muscles right now. First run in a year and half means a major case of the soreness. Not fun!
Boardwalking.