E236 - The Problem With Competing With Yourself

Exercise Is Health

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Do you compete with yourself when you workout?

The mainstream fitness industry is putting out more and more exercise options focused on "you verses you", meaning you are focused on trying to "best yourself" from a previous workout. But what issues are being created with this?

Is this approach to exercise safe and beneficial for your health? Or is it actually setting you up for a number of potential complications both in the short term and long term?

On this week's episode of the Exercise Is Health® podcast, Julie and Charlie dive into this world of competing with yourself when you workout and why you may want to think twice before participating in these types of workouts as well as what you can do instead to still show improvement but without all of the potential risk that these workouts bring.

Check out all of the details in this week's episode!

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