Why is it a good idea to avoid intense workout when you start to feel better?

☞ Continuing to avoid intense workouts even after feeling better with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue can be beneficial for several reasons:⁠ ⁠

• It prevents relapses from happening: Going back to doing intense workouts can potentially trigger relapses or exacerbate symptoms again. ⁠ ⁠

• It can prevent an unnecessary drain on your energy levels: Because intense workouts require a lot of quick energy, it may rob you of the current low to moderate energy you already gained back after recovery. ⁠

• It may prevent a reduction in your muscle mass and strain on your joints: Intense workouts spike your stress hormone much more than moderate to low intensity workouts do, which has been shown to lessen muscle mass in individuals dealing with chronic illnesses like fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and more over time. In addition to that, increase stress from high impact workouts can place strain on your muscles and joints, leading to increased pain and discomfort. ⁠ ⁠

• It is more sustainable to do long-term, increasing exercise benefits. In contrast, high intensity workouts are so hard on the body it can be very easy to get burn-out, even in a more healthy state. ⁠ ⁠ - It allows you to really "listen to your body." Because intense workouts require you to push so hard to complete an exercise, you may easily tune out how that exercise is really making your body feel. If we avoid signals that an exercise is causing us fatigue or pain we will eventually cause a flare-up or crash again.⁠ ⁠

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