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Why Entrepreneurs Need To Exercise Differently Than Other People
Written by: Dr. Paul LanthoisArticle Overview: Most entrepreneurs are aware of the importance to stay in shape, but the challenge is that entrepreneurs typically adopt the same approach to exercise as they do to business. To support your fast paced and intense working life the temptation is to do a high intensity workout at full pace. This is a mistake. Adding high intensity, fast-paced exercise to a high intensity, fast-paced life only serves to amplify the imbalance in your life leading to an increased risk of illness, injury or burnout. I call this being an "Exhaustedpreneur". Exhaustedpreneurs are entrepreneurs whose bodies can't physically keep up with the demands of their work and life. The solution is about exercising in balance. I call it Exercising Right For Your Engine Type...
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Why Entrepreneurs Need To Exercise Differently Than Other People
Most entrepreneurs are aware of the importance to stay in shape, but the challenge is that entrepreneurs typically adopt the same approach to exercise as they do to business. To support your fast paced and intense working life the temptation is to do a high intensity workout at full pace. This is a mistake. Adding high intensity, fast-paced exercise to a high intensity, fast-paced life only serves to amplify the imbalance in your life leading to an increased risk of illness, injury or burnout. I call this being an"Exhaustedpreneur".Exhaustedpreneurs are entrepreneurswhose bodies can't physically keep up with the demands oftheir work and life.
I understand that many entrepreneurshave been told of thebenefits of intense exercise. But how can intense exercise adversely impact the health and working capacity of an entrepreneur? It is all about exercising in balance. I call it Exercising Rght For Your Engine Type. What I mean by this is that we all go about our day at different paces. Exercise is most effective to rebalance your own engine by training it at intensities that are different to the intensity that you live life. That is why the same exercise program doesn't always work for different people.
Consider the gears in your car. In order to travel at different speeds to safely adapt to all the twists and turns you have 5 gears to use to make this more efficient. Exhaustedpreneurs typically are like aFerrari with only two gears: overdrive and neutral. They adopt the all or nothing approach in their day-to-day life. The challenge is that life goes at a lot of different paces that require different gears. Exhaustedpreneurs have trained themselves to combat all situations in fifth gear and can be regarded by others as 'highly strung'. ( Exhaustedpreneurs call this "being driven")
Fifth gear is your 'stress gear'. Your stress gear enables you to run away at the speed of an Olympian on steroids from an attacking lion even though it has taken a piece out of your leg. The release of powerful painkillers and the get-up-and-go chemical called adrenaline gives us the ability to perform such amazing feats of the body and mind. Exhaustedpreneurs get addicted to the release of these chemicals.
The problem is that this "stress gear" burns up massive amounts of fuel in the process and you primarily burn sugar and store fat for energy. This gives exhaustedpreneurs the dangerous cocktail of low sugar and high fat levels make you susceptible to illness and burnout.
What is the solution?
For the Ferrari engine types who spend all day at full pace, you need to adopt an exercise program of a lower intensity to help strengthen and develop your "lower gears". Including exercises like yoga, Tai Chior Chi Gong that gently exercise your body in a variety of ways is especially beneficial for the fast-paced entrepreneur because it has the added advantage of quietening your mind at the same time. You can do unlimited amounts of low intensity aerobic exercise such as jogging or cycling but it is improtant to do it at an intenisty where you are beginning to puff.Spend four months doing low intensty exercises before considering ramping up the intensity.
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