Somewhere in our fitness journey we loose sight of health along the way. Health should be primary goal of any fitness regime. Weight loss isn’t health. There are plenty of people who are in normal weight range but are profoundly unhealthy.
Some people who achieve their weight loss goals do using extreme protocols that lead to loss of lot of muscle. Others eat crap diets that eventually creates chronic stress and is not sustainable.
One study shows that obese people who are otherwise fit had a mortality risk of 1.6 times the average and someone with normal weight but unfit had average mortality risk of 3.1 times the average. This does not mean obese is good but fitness is more important than weighing scale
It can also be futile to chase a health goal like lowering BP. Do u know your grip strength is a stronger predictor of all cause and cardiovascular mortality than systolic blood pressure. Don’t be fixated on these goals. Instead prioritise increasing your activity,
and sitting less, building muscle, and reaching some kind of performance goal. Just as we shouldn’t mistake a good body weight for overall well being, neither we should think that high performers are 100% healthy, because often they are not.
Running 100 miles a week to practise for marathon can destroy your immune system. The elite athletes are are undoubtedly fit but they have major limitation in their basic health. In another study to find out who are the healthiest people in the globe it was found that
the farmers came on top. They were healthier than the pro athletes also. They are outdoors most of the time, they are constantly moving, they get into wide range of positions. They get into few high intensity activities, lift heavy and carry something heavy. They have a strong
sense of purpose and are part of tight knit community. To be healthy for life we all need this holistic fitness. Are you following a fitness routine or training for a sport because you want to be or because you feel you have to be?
Just because you can do more, doesn’t mean you should. After a certain point we are adding junk miles. A point of diminishing returns. What’s needed is a commitment to overall health, daily awareness and what’s working,whats not and how we can do better. #gettingfitterwithSandeep
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