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danceswithblades · 04-26-2008, 02:11 AM

I hope you feel the loss is a good thing. As a physio, allow me to suggest that if you were working out 3 hours a day, something was not working out for you. When we make our living standing on our feet and moving about all day long, we really only need about a half hour of cardio daily, 3 hours of strength training weekly, and whatever stretching and balance work that is appropriate for your body and level of activity. If we are sedentary, we just need a full hour of cardio in addition to the other measures. So you were overtraining and just hurting yourself; when you stopped, nature took its course.

04-26-2008, 02:11 AM	#2 (permalink)
danceswithblades Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: USA Posts: 46	Congrats I hope you feel the loss is a good thing. As a physio, allow me to suggest that if you were working out 3 hours a day, something was not working out for you. When we make our living standing on our feet and moving about all day long, we really only need about a half hour of cardio daily, 3 hours of strength training weekly, and whatever stretching and balance work that is appropriate for your body and level of activity. If we are sedentary, we just need a full hour of cardio in addition to the other measures. So you were overtraining and just hurting yourself; when you stopped, nature took its course.