Hmm full blown tennis should be a Mega workout. Very HIIT.You’re sure not alone. My primary ways of staying fit are reffing, playing basketball, and playing soccer—with the gym mixed in. And haven’t been able to do the key ones since March. I took up tennis with my son, but that’s not close to the others for fitness, but at, least is easy to motivate to do. I’ve also been doing running and some biking, but definitely harder to motivate to do as I don’t enjoy them the way I enjoy the other things. I know I’m going to be doing catchup once the world gets back to normal. But I am finding it a bit easier to motivate with the vaccine being at least a light at the end of the tunnel—still seems a small light, but at least a light.
It's difficult. Do you referee to stay fir or fit to referee? The former, will be difficult for motivation I expect.Hi Guys,
As lock down hit hard, I am struggling to find motivation to keep my self fit. What is the best way to keep your motivation high?
Alas, our games are not that developed!—we literally just started playing in about June when tennis courts were allowed to reopen. It’s not hoops or soccer, but better than nothing.Hmm full blown tennis should be a Mega workout. Very HIIT.
I dont find walking helps at all. Having owned dogs for 10 years I walk around 4 miles a day, at least. X 2 miles twice per day and it whilst it makes me a fit walker I don't see that translate into general fitness. If I relied solely on my walking I would be out of my depth on my games.
FWIW, when I've had knee and foot flareups, I've found an elliptical machine is an effective way to "run" without any impact. It's helped me. (Alas, I don't have access to one right now, but fortunately don't have any flareups.)I'm kind of the opposite, with my dodgy knees if I did loads of running I wouldn't be able to referee. Which being honest is the main reason I stepped back down from level 3. I was getting through games fine and still getting praise for fitness, but then not able to train properly for days. Sooner or later that was just going to lead to (even more) injuries, and eventually not being up to speed in the games.
I dont find walking helps at all. Having owned dogs for 10 years I walk around 4 miles a day, at least. X 2 miles twice per day and it whilst it makes me a fit walker I don't see that translate into general fitness. If I relied solely on my walking I would be out of my depth on my games.
FWIW, when I've had knee and foot flareups, I've found an elliptical machine is an effective way to "run" without any impact. It's helped me. (Alas, I don't have access to one right now, but fortunately don't have any flareups.)
My sense on walking is that it helps for general fitness, but not for referee fitness. We need to sprint (among other things), which is a different demand on our cardio and leg muscles. (Aside: when I was in high school, one of the guys on my basketball team was a water polo player--a very good one who I believe went on to play in the Olympics. And, well, water polo players are in amazing shape--I remember walking by their practices where they were treading water while holding folding chairs over their heads. But when he got to basketball practice, which started right after water polo ended, he would die on the basketball court because it was so different.)
Specificity!(Aside: when I was in high school, one of the guys on my basketball team was a water polo player--a very good one who I believe went on to play in the Olympics. And, well, water polo players are in amazing shape--I remember walking by their practices where they were treading water while holding folding chairs over their heads. But when he got to basketball practice, which started right after water polo ended, he would die on the basketball court because it was so different.)
FWIW, when I've had knee and foot flareups, I've found an elliptical machine is an effective way to "run" without any impact. It's helped me. (Alas, I don't have access to one right now, but fortunately don't have any flareups.)
when I've had knee and foot flareups, I've found an elliptical machine is an effective way to "run" without any impact.
I'm still only at 73.4kg.
What is the best way to keep your motivation high?