| Injury is a gauge to our wisdom in estimating
the limits of force.
Injury is a fact of life and should not deter us from persisting on
getting stronger. If every athlete quits training when injured
there would not be any sport left to speak of.
Weakness leads to injury.
Thus the whole idea of exercise is to reverse weakness and gain
strength to prevent injuries from happening. Injury-free life is a
better life.
Training educates us about the magnitudes of all kinds of injuries
and to know to avoid getting in trouble. Some injuries are
localized to parts of the body and an injured person could still train
without causing harm to that part. Some other injuries require
whole body rest.
When do we know whether to rest or to keep training?
Training when general vital
signs are alarming is foolish. Fever,
high heart rate at rest, feeling of mental discomfort prohibit any
involvement in physical activity. These particular
three vital signs tell us to STOP
any activity out the ordinary.
When every cell of our body struggles with cellular respiration, the
cells fail to convert energy to chemical energy carriers and
instead the energy is converted to heat. Which is
fever. Thus fever is an ominous sign of disease and must be
taken seriously as a prohibition to exercise.
Like an automobile that fails to convert fuel energy to dynamic
energy and instead overheats. Dynamic energy moves the automobile
from one place to another. Overheating of an engine could cause
fire and would not serve the purpose of locomotion.
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