Training never ends

The training never really ends.  Not just throughout the course of life, but even throughout our day.  But rather than explaining how training relates to the rest of life, it's just easier to look at how it relates to other training.

I go to the gym to spin.  Both to rehab a bad knee & to gain (much needed) stamina for an upcoming test.  So in this way, training in the gym is strongly tied to the dojo for me.  This morning the A/C was completely off.  I realized, but I'm used to it (from dojo) so I didn't give it much thought.  About 10 minutes into my workout, I realize that the whole gym seems to be in slow motion.  Breaks are longer than usual & no one is doing very much.  Also, I notice a change in myself. I normally upshift & downshift regularly to get he most out of my workout; and I do it more by feel than by formula.  At this point, I should have already transitioned to a higher resistance.

Then, several things hit me at once.  Firstly, most people cannot train when their environment has shifted.  They were a lot like bees in the Fall.  Seemingly sleepy & woozy, unable to get a grip.  I have the benefit of having trained in significantly more intense temperatures.  So I understood that the feeling would be different this time.  I just have to keep my posture, control my breathing and push harder than I'm used to.  Or to phrase it more abstractly; in order to control the situation, I would firstly, and wholly need to be in control of myself.

Secondly, I've wondered for weeks why my stamina is increasing regularly on the bike, but barely increased on the mat.  It shouldn't surprise me that the answer was again in my breathing.