Workout Vs. Stress
- Lance McCullough
- Aug 13, 2018
- 1 min read
Most people who are exercising think they are working out. In group exercise classes, when everyone is breathing hard and sweat is flowing, you’d assume everyone is getting a great workout. Well, maybe they are and maybe not. Most likely, what they are really doing is creating stress.
The difference between a workout and stress
This is Webster’s definition of a workout:
a period of physical exercise that you do in order to improve your fitness, ability, or performance
My definition of a workout is:
Having a plan of exercises to do today that will be safe, effective, and benefit me tomorrow.
This is Webster’s definition of stress:
intense effort or exertion
My definition of stress is:
stringing a bunch of exercises together in the hope they will produce some benefit tomorrow.
Factors affecting a workout
There are several factors that need to be taken into account for developing a safe and effective workout program– one that balances the risk of doing the exercise with the potential reward of good health and fitness. The factors are:
Your age
Any health risk factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, smoking and obesity
Injuries
Current fitness level
Fitness goals – what you want to achieve by working out
The length of time since your last workout
An effective workout, one tailored to your specific health and fitness profile and goals, rewards you by improving your health, saves you valuable time, and results in a feeling of well-being – not a feeling of being tired, beat up and sore.
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