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Old 08-19-16, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by TheKillerPenguin
If I'm fresh they are cake. End of a block they can be a bit haggard. As long as the numbers are right I try not to worry about how they feel
I also have learned it doesn't matter how I feel- might as well always just give em a whirl. I could feel tired, unfocused, uninterested etc going in and none of that necessarily matters, I can probably still get it done.

But I think my question is really that I hear people moan about how painful these efforts are & I just wouldn't describe them as painful per se. Makes me wonder if I'm not pushing myself enough.

So would you describe 20 min @ 105% as "painful"? Or is that just one of those things- some people describe something difficult as being painful without it literally being painful.
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