When many people approach exercising and going to the gym, they
try to be weekend heroes. This is where someone who has not done any
exercise in the past couple of years, tries to go to the gym one random
weekend and basically kill themselves. They try and go run 5 miles,
followed by an hour cycling class, and then go play 30 minutes of
basketball were their favorite sport. When this is all over, the person
is wiped out. They start thinking for themselves, exercises difficult
and I’m just not made for it. Most of these people don’t ever realize
they went about doing things the wrong way.
Using common sense
while you exercise is also very important. Exercising can be a key into
understanding your body and what’s wrong with it. Zig Ziglar tells a
story about when he was jogging and doing his normal exercise routine in
1993 and suddenly noticed a painting of his chest. His first
inclination was to ignore it, but he knew better. He immediately called
his doctor and told him what was wrong. He went in to do a treadmill
test and again felt the tightness in his chest. It turns out he had a
50% blockage in a major artery and a 90% blockage in a small artery in
his heart. And he ignored this, he would probably not be alive today. By
taking a few simple steps, he was actually able for verse what had
happened. The moral of the story is to pay attention and listen to what
your body is telling you.