I’ve been unable to find the intensity in all of my workouts. I’ve changed some things around with my schedule and my routine has been vastly altered to break up the monotony. On cardio days, for some reason, I’ve had a hard time pushing myself. I’ve been plagued with minor joint injuries over the past two weeks. My feet find every odd shaped rock and every uneven space in the ground to land. I’ve had three or four partial ankle sprains and I’ve got a few quasi-stubbed toes. I keep on telling myself to take it easy and loosen up those joints… the intensity never comes when I get stretched out.
I might need to take a cue from my dog and start taking something similar to glucosamine. I had to Google the word because the dictionary couldn’t find it – Wikipedia says that the effects are no more than those of a placebo in multiple studies. Apparently glucosamine is widely used in veterinary medicine and it works (for the most part) but humans aren’t so lucky. Maybe there is another way to help loosen up the ankles and knees. For now, I’ll continue with the stretching and try to prevent further injuries. I just wish I could do all of that and bring the intensity up.
I’ve been taking a glucosamine-chondroitin cocktail (http://www.allstarhealth.com/f/now-extra_strength_glucosamine_chondroitin.htm) for like, what, almost five years now (that was mostly rhetorical)…? I will continue to take my two horse-sized pills every morning because I can feel the difference after just a couple of days of not taking them…and the difference isn’t a pleasant one. I vote yes…not that my opinion matters, but if you remember, I’ve got some crazy mad f*cked up joints.