The Most Crucial Tactic: Diversifying Your Sports to Move Every Single Day
One of the most important tactics that has allowed me to be active outside for almost one thousand days straight is diversity. Specifically, I’ve found that if I maintain a healthy balance in the sports that I participate in, I can stay active and on the move for literally years on end.
Unfortunately, like most things, I had to learn this the hard way.
Life Lessons, Learned the Hard Way
My first exposure to a multi-day movement goal was the 30 Days of Biking challenge, Way back in 2010. The goal was simple: ride your bike every single day for 30 days straight in the month of April.
Mountain biking is my sport of choice, and generally speaking, I can quite comfortably mountain bike 5 days a week, week in and week out, with few issues. But if I try moving from 5 days per week to 7, and extending that for weeks on end, my body begins to break down.
During my first 30 Days of Biking Challenge, I earned myself my first set of saddle sores, but after a week or two off to rest in May, I was back at it with no problem.
Unfortunately, my second time through the 30 Days of Biking, about 4 years later, didn’t end nearly as well. I made it, sure… but the combination of the wrong…
