I feel like I’m in a bad rut.

My routine for the last 6 months was to exercise, run, work my core, do yoga, stretch, even do some handstands. I’d do it before having breakfast, it’d be the first thing I do after waking up. These training sessions would last anywhere from 60 minutes to 3 hours. Even if I felt tired I stick to this routine because it helps me work better (I’m a nurse, so most of my shifts I have to walk a lot anyway).

The longer I’ve been doing this routine, the shorter it gets on my working days: 6 months ago I would train longer than one hour and go to work, but in the last 2 weeks all I’ve achieved is some stretching, some running and then I just sit next to the trail and admire nature because I don’t have energy to do anything else.

I don’t know how big of a role temperature plays: it’s almost 90 here (Farenheit) and very sunny.

Is this a phase? Is my body telling me to tone it down? Is it just the summer?

Overall I’m in better shape and have less back pain, I even walk better but I feel tired.

  • Josey_Wales@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Along with rest, how much sleep are you getting. I kept up a similar pace for about 2 years before life commitments required scaling back. When I felt as you are describing I was not getting enough sleep.