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Originally Posted by Aoife
Remember also, Mon, that there's NON-EXERCISE factors to consider. What else has changed since you stopped lifting? Did classes finish? Are you getting more sleep? More rest? Are you less stressed?
There's a lot of factors in life and all are gonna have some sort of impact on every part of your life, whether you count them or not. This is why we're sure that it's not the lifting that "made you slower"... because it could be any number of factors, and likely more than just one or 2. A LOT of things affect your performance. Not usually just one (injury might be an example of just one, but then usually the factors that led to the injury...).
Take good stock in your situation and experiment to see what different things, nutrition, rest, stress, exercise (and type) do to you and go from there.
We understand you want to be the best you can be and perform and improve and that's great. But there is no best way. There are bad ways, there are good ways. There are things that will work for you and things that won't. You're the one that needs to figure it out. We don't know you well enough.
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I have a job now (work in mornings usually starting at 8am), so my sleep time is actually less than it was during school. I average about 6-8 hours a night now. Eversince I started working, my sleep has been better and I don't oversleep or anything like I used to or wake up a bunch of times in the middle of the night like I used to. This could be a factor of why it happened due to too much sleep, being on the computer a lot, and not conditioning enough days (too much recovery time between lifting and conditioning/activity/game, etc.). Now that you got me thinking, maybe it was the "sleep trouble" that did it.
Do you think anything has to do with nutrition as well? I eat pasta a lot (lunch and dinner), but I am also planning to change it up. I am planning to follow this:
Attention: Foods to Eat to Boost Brain Power
I already eat cereal in the morning (cornflakes) and have been doing that all my life (used to be cheerios a long time ago). Lunch is the only thing I probably need to change up. No more mac and cheese or any kind of pasta or starch food at lunch time. I could eat chicken (ralphs chicken is so good, so I have that once a week), salad with salmon and veggies, etc. For dinner, it could stay the same (pasta). Good idea? My goal is to be more alert, day dream less, and pay attention 100% to everything I do and not hesitate. I hesitate listening and sometimes speaking, etc. I am not very fast at picking up things, so maybe its too much pasta (slows your brain power down according to this site) that got me responding slow. I need to boost up my brain power, so I can respond fast and normally like everyone else. I want to be a good listener and good at responding to things (sport wise or communication wise or anything).