My impression is that getting so tired from moderate exercise is way outside the normal range. I have no idea if it might indicate a medical problem, or is just individual variation.It may just be that the cultural belief that exercise is good for everyone is false.
There’s a certain amount of woo woo in it, but there’s also clear explanations of how to get more flexibility and relaxation so that you can get more air, and there’s a warm-up which improved my body awareness to the point that I could realize that a move which was difficult for me was because my shoulders and chest were too tight, rather than because I was an inferior person or because the universe was out to get me. I’d also hypothesized that muscle tension might be the problem, but there’s a huge difference between a hypothesis and actually feeling what was going on when I did the move.
On the other hand, the way tenseness interacts with exercise for me is that exercise tends to feel really bad to me (less so as I become less tense), and then I stop, so t don’t know whether I’d end up with that much exhaustion if I pushed.
My impression is that getting so tired from moderate exercise is way outside the normal range. I have no idea if it might indicate a medical problem, or is just individual variation.It may just be that the cultural belief that exercise is good for everyone is false.
An alternate possibility is that you move very inefficiently. I was shocked to find out how much muscle tension was restricting my breathing, and how much difference it made to loosen up even somewhat. The best book I’ve seen for exploring that is The 10-Minute Rejuvenation Plan: T5T: The Revolutionary Exercise Program That Restores Your Body and Mind.
There’s a certain amount of woo woo in it, but there’s also clear explanations of how to get more flexibility and relaxation so that you can get more air, and there’s a warm-up which improved my body awareness to the point that I could realize that a move which was difficult for me was because my shoulders and chest were too tight, rather than because I was an inferior person or because the universe was out to get me. I’d also hypothesized that muscle tension might be the problem, but there’s a huge difference between a hypothesis and actually feeling what was going on when I did the move.
On the other hand, the way tenseness interacts with exercise for me is that exercise tends to feel really bad to me (less so as I become less tense), and then I stop, so t don’t know whether I’d end up with that much exhaustion if I pushed.