Ideas to get out of a rut?

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What do y’all do when you hit a rough patch?

After a great race in January and my highest 3 hour NP ever, I was confronted with a health setback. I changed jobs, for the better, but my new role is incredibly busy, and lastly we are selling and buying a new home and there’s constantly something to do for that… showings, inspections, appraisals, contract review, moving quotes, new internet, electricity, etc..

My mind is one loud never ending jazz band warmup that I can’t turn off, and getting on the bike or trainer seems so insignificant right now.

How do y’all weather these storms?

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Here goes on my suggestions:

  • Turn off any plan you have - when you have time / motivation, ride what you want - but for me, seeing a long list of skipped workouts is very demotivating
  • For me, just staying active - walks (I have dogs, so a required activity every day), strength, etc. - helps me feel better. But you do you
  • I think the important thing is to do what feels good / motivating / rejuvenating and don’t stress if riding the bike isn’t it right now
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Do you think riding would be another stressor or a stress reliever? I guess I’d use that to decide. Eventually the house stuff will settle down and any lost fitness will come back - so if you truly need the time away from the bike, oh well, the fitness isn’t lost forever. Just make sure your new house has a nice pain cave :slight_smile:

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My advice is that since you have a lot going on, just give yourself a break. Skip the structured training. Just do 2-3 shorter rides for stress relief and fitness and call it a day. When you are settled in the new house, you can start training again if you want. Believe me, the fitness comes back pretty fast.

I took 8 months off the bike. All I did was rowing for 20 minutes a day. Once I got back on the back I had 80% of my fitness back in 3 weeks, 90% back in 6 weeks, and 95% back in 8 weeks.

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Just went through the home buying and selling thing and had to move my trainer out of the house when we listed it. Think I rode twice in the two months from that moment to moving in the new house.

Fitness took a setback but getting back into it. Little demotivating to not be able to hold power I could before, but I still have some fitness just not the endurance.

Fairly motivated to build it back but know it will take time

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