Ways to Avoid Fatigue-Crashing After Work
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on 1/14/2009
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I've found that almost everyone has this problem. I hear tons of people say "once I get home from work I just have no energy to go to the gym, I crash." I've been there... I've crashed many times.
Here's some advice to help avoid fatique after work
Are you chugging coffee all day to get through work? If you are, try cutting way back, to zero ideally (over several weeks). Then take a shot of caffeine about 4 pm to pep you up for your workout.
Are you dieting? If you are starving yourself for calories by eating nothing but salad, you'll have no energy for exercising. Try having a carb snack right before you get off work (with your caffeine fix if you choose). Your fuel tank may be a little empty. I know many people have reported this using the popular atkin's diet. Low carb diets often leave you lacking energy. An afternoon carb-snack shouldn't hurt most diet plans and can out-weigh the negatives of sleeping through a workout.
If you can motivate yourself to work out, you'll burn off way more than the snack - and a good chunk of your dinner calories.
Also, you might be in a work out funk and need to try something new. A lot of times boredom can lead to tiredness. Avoid boredom at all costs when working out. Try a different machine, or swimming, or get outside (maybe wait until summer). Exercise needs to be fun and not a grind.
Hope this advice helps ease the fatique problem after work.
Jen Fisher
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