Exercise: Sometimes Obsession is Good!
I read an article the other day in my mother’s Weigh-Less Magazine that too much exercising can become bad for you… which I think is a load of rubbish!
Firstly our bodies will decide for itself when enough is enough. We can only exercise to a certain extent and then either exhaustion or injury will set in.
Exercise (and diet for that matter) should be part of a daily healthy living lifestyle and not some sort of chore that you have to get over and done with.
I enjoy exercise and do so almost every day of the week for about an hour and a half a day to two hours a day, with a day or two off on either a Friday or Saturday or sometimes both days. Depending on exhaustion levels.
I do yoga in the morning for maximum 30 minutes, followed by a 30 minute walk in the afternoon and either weight or strength training in the evening 30 – 60 minutes.
Many of us, me included, spend most of our work days in front of a computer and the only way to get exercise is to make a concerted effort.
In the Weighless article they claim that the signs of addiction to exercise are the following:
- The feeling that you have to workout.
- Sacrificing other activities with family or friends to get in a workout.
- Putting yourself in danger through exercise.
- Exercising even though you’re sick or injured.
- Feeling guilty or anxious when you miss a workout.
Except for points three and four, the rest of those signs are necessary to create an exercise routine or any routine for that matter.
Getting into a willy nilly routine cannot be good for anyone, as we can all find a number of reasons to NOT exercise. It has to be part of a daily schedule.
How a magazine like Weigh-less can actually encourage such inconsistent behaviour is beyond me.
It’s like a Runners World encouraging their readers to prepare for a race by running whenever it suits them, instead of following a schedule.
Makes no sense to me.
