#overtraining

A few weeks ago, I started a new Are.na channel that I entitled Intentional unproductivity. I added this recently, and it annoys me that I think that it's a good idea and something that I might actually use.

Why does it annoy me? Because it feels like something that neither I, nor any human, should need. But most of us are subject to the Protestant work ethic which underpins modern capitalism, equating our value with how much we work.

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Although I still have to be careful, I'm definitely coming out the other side of my Stage 3 ('parasympathetic') Overtraining Syndrome.

The photo at the top of this note shows my Garmin Venu 3 smartwatch with the built in recovery time feature, as well as one I added last week called Training Status showing overall training load.

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