Analogy

Overtraining...

It seems I may be overtraining considerably. I don't feel like I've reached the threshold that I'm aiming for, but I'm really feeling the effects - agitation, depression, etc. I'm still getting stronger - which is in contradiction to what I know about overtraining. I'll stick it out for as long as I can... maybe I just need more sleep.

I worked with my trainer last week - he's working on some specific areas that I'm weak on. I should back up... I've been training for gymnastics primarily, although I've been keeping my biking up to a certain degree. The trainer I'm working with is working on my strength and balance - two primary areas needed for the gymnastic rings.

First time...

I blog, therefore I am.

Many thoughts are going through my head right now. I've spent the weekend alone... wrapped up in my thoughts... almost in meditation at times. Primal behaviors refined to higher-level behaviors through social conditioning... ultimately still resolve to a primal need or desire. Denying those needs we deny ourself... to form conflict and struggle within.

The needs aren't animalistic though... they are simply the needs to be loved and cared for. But dating and courtship is a facade - and the most successful seem to be the people who are best at the art of the facade...

I've been pondering the r-K theory a bit today... the theory that states that the r-group is a prolific breeder and the K-group is a caretaker. Of course the theory is more than that... At one time I believed in that theory. I'm starting to wonder if any species eventually transitions to a K-group majority... or if, like bacteria, we are doomed to breed ourselves to extinction - competitively consuming all the resources.