The first principle for
doctors, based on Hippocrates, is not to cause harm. This is actually good advice for all of us,
and particularly as we approach our fitness.
Sometimes we get super
excited about doing All The Fitness! We
want to lift everything, run forever, play with the professionals, and then go
dancing. I am the very last person to
squash anyone’s enthusiasm. But I draw
the line at the part where we hurt ourselves by overdoing.
Rest and sleep are
essential parts of fitness, as are food and drink. There are days when the absolutely right
decision is to go for a short walk, eat some fruit, and take a nice long nap in
order to maximize our fitness. Other
days it can be all about the weights or it can be our personal Day of Kale or
whatever. We need to pay attention to
what we actually need.
We’re in this for life,
after all.
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