I workout for 1-2 hours every day and one of the comments I get is that I “shouldn’t overdue it”.
Question: Is working out 1-2 hours a day, out of 24 hours, overdoing it?
As a woodcutter, my grandfather would wakeup at 4am to cut wood until 12PM after which he would come home to work at his farm for another couple of hours.
Professional Basketball player, LeBron James, shows up to a game 8 hours early to warmup and prepare for the game.
Has anyone ever told them that they’re overdoing it?
Am I overdoing it?
The body was designed to move. Often, the problem isn’t that we’re over extending ourselves but that we’re not moving enough. We live in a society where it’s possible to sit for extended periods of time every day. We don’t move as much as we used to.
“Strength really is a buffer to mortality, and more importantly, it extends your health span, so you can maintain a higher quality of life longer.”
-John Nagy
While I may be overdoing it compared to the person voicing their concerns, who hasn’t worked-out in months, I’m certainly not overdoing it compared to my ancestors or professional athletes-I’m well within safe limits.