So that’s what recon is.
If seen that way, some subs that i consider “light” like HeO & DRR3 are actually full of recon.
I only thought of them as “changes”, not recon.
“Daily struggles” at most.
Recon for me, for the longest time, was about significant side effects.
Significant drawbacks that make my life harder than normal.
In a way, it can be seen like soreness after a workout.
Too much, it will make everything harder.
But just enough, done over a long time, it will be the normal.
It’s the same as how i don’t complain after a chest session.
Yes my chest is weaker for 1-2 days after it, but it’s just another tuesday.
I think of it as just a daily struggle.
But if i overwork and hit 30 sets of benchpress to failure, of course i’d complain and say i’m sore as shit.
This is the equivalent of what i consider a “recon”.
Recon is closer to the soreness from when you run across the city and can’t walk the day after than the
But the change in definition doesn’t change how i’ll see & treat recon.
Soreness doesn’t indicate progress.
Recon doesn’t indicate progress.
Progress is indicated by progress.
If i can lift 5kg more than i could 6 months ago, that’s progress.
The most soreness can show me is whether i’m hitting the right muscles with my workout or not.
The amount of soreness doesn’t correlate with how effective a workout program is.
I find all of these to be true with recon.
I’ll just change my description of “change” & “daily struggles” to “negligible recon”.