I never learn

Hypnopedia
noun
the act or process of learning during sleep by listening to recordings repeatedly.

I need to do this because I’m clearly a complete putz at learning while awake. 

What’s this all about? One week ago, I walked a mile (half a mile or so twice in the same day) and my back has been a royal bitch ever since. I’ve been told at least a zillion times by my PTs that I need to go slow and steady. I seem to be hardwired for overdoing though.

Generally, my back pain never exceeds a two (a Da Vinci on the Great Paintings Agony Scale) but, since last Tuesday, I regularly cruise in the Whistler to Dürer range. NOT fun.

I took couple days off after last week’s epic workout. Honest! I’ve still been going out for walks (can’t lose the gains, the rehab progress I’ve made) but haven’t been pushing myself quite as hard—just a half mile per day.

Yesterday I felt so good after my walk that I put in some time on the elliptical. NOT one of my brighter moves. I would have thought that after two years rehab action, I’d be totally in the groove with this slower pace shit.

Apparently not. I'm not just a slow learner—I'm glacial.

Also, sadly, Trends in Cognitive Sciences tells me (regarding hypnopedia) :

Recent research demonstrates that learning during sleep is possible, but that sleep-learning invariably produces memory traces that are consciously inaccessible in the awake state. Thus, sleep-learning can likely exert implicit, but not explicit, influences on awake behavior.

Doesn’t sound promising at all.