Resting when needed has gone much further toward me becoming more functional than anything else. Just thought I'd toss that out there.
Sure, eating and being active can help, but if you're eating better and trying to be active and not seeing any improvement, maybe it's time to listen more to your body and back off on the food changes and activity and rest more, then try to gradually incorporate the dietary and activity changes back into your routine.
Sometimes rest is the thing that's needed the most. Sure, it's difficult to do that, but damn, are we slowing down our recovery times by trying to jump back into everything with both feet, rather than trying to recover gradually? I've often wondered about this, but never really said much of anything about it until now.
Sure, eating and being active can help, but if you're eating better and trying to be active and not seeing any improvement, maybe it's time to listen more to your body and back off on the food changes and activity and rest more, then try to gradually incorporate the dietary and activity changes back into your routine.
Sometimes rest is the thing that's needed the most. Sure, it's difficult to do that, but damn, are we slowing down our recovery times by trying to jump back into everything with both feet, rather than trying to recover gradually? I've often wondered about this, but never really said much of anything about it until now.
