A lot of people ask me about how hard they should workout or exercise. The mentality of the harder I work, the better I will be, has its limitations and even more so as we age, deal with injuries, chronic pain or neurologic disorders, like multiple sclerosis. Do we do more when we feel good? Do we push through pain or fatigue? Do we slow down and “waste time”?
If a 15-minute workout is good, would a 30-minute workout be better?
If a 30-minute workout is good, would a 60-minute workout be better?
If a 60-minute workout is good, would a 90-minute workout be better?
We already live in a culture of people who feel like they need to work to exhaustion to get a "good workout".
In fact, a lot of people still subscribe to the "no pain - no gain" philosophy and that couldn't be further from the truth, especially while dealing with multiple sclerosis.
We use what we refer to as “prescriptive model”. This means our approach unique and individualized, we take a lot off considerations in to account when we work with our clients, here are some examples:
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What are the consequences of working out too hard?
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What is the risk vs. benefit?
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Let's re-examine your goals if you have you have. short term goal with measurable results, we can determine how hard you must work to achieve that goal.
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We want to focus on efficiency, meaning maximizing results and minimizing excess.
It is never a "one size fits all", there are many factors that go into planning goals and working on health and wellness.
And to further complicate things, we consider, weather, stress, nutrition and other aspects of our lives that play a major role in our ability to regulate consistency and intensity.
We provide very personalized plans and help guide you through them!
These are all considerations we take into account when people ask us about longer/harder workouts,