Out walking with one of my clients this a.m. I was asking if she had seen any changes since we had started working together - this was her fourth session. Her response was yes, and then she paused. I must admit that I was wondering what was coming next!!
She added that she was both energised and tired but on further analysis it became clearer. She was mentally energised as a result but physically more tired. Phew, this is something I would expect.
Walking is as important for our mental health as our physical health and mental energy is a great benefit - it's an addition, partly due to clearing the head and also due to the endorphins. As in my clients case, it came fairly quickly, often it is immediate but in the case of our physical health we have got to expend the energy first. We need to use those muscles that perhaps have not been used as much and we also push them at a harder pace.
Initially that is going to tire those muscles, hence the tired feeling. However, keeping at it, the muscles will soon be able to cope and will adjust to this new level. Of course then we'll work them harder still so there will always be short periods of that tired feeling. All perfectly normal though and the result is a situation like training my team for the Breakthrough Walk last year when we started off with one hour walks and graduated to being able to walk for two days covering 22 miles on one and 16 on the second.
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