Exercising Through Fatigue
Do you occasionally go to the gym and you feel very tired? You say to yourself, “I don’t really feel like working out today!” This occasionally happens to me. I’ll go through weeks of feeling very energetic and then I’ll hit a bump in the road. I’ll feel tired for a day or two. There are even times that I really don’t want to go to the gym. This is perfectly natural. It’s difficult to workout at 100%.
The fatigue that you can be experiencing can be attributable to the weather, stress, feeling over-worked, what you ate that day or lack of sleep the night before.
This is the approach that I take to overcome fatigue. I really don’t like to waste my time at the gym. I want to get the best possible workout that I can. Feeling mentally tired won’t enable me to do this. Fatigue can be eliminated by focusing on your workout and not thinking about how tired you are. This is what I do. I begin my workout with several light sets and focus on breathing. Breathing helps to clear my mind and re-invigorates my body. The fatigue is gone and I feel a lot better. Now I can continue with my workout.
One has to remember, that you can easily give in to fatigue at the gym. A lot of it is in your mind and you must motivate yourself to eliminate it. If you are constantly tired, than you really have a problem and you must look at your current lifestyle and make some changes!
May 25th, 2010 at 12:33 am
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