Okay, so you’ve finally got yourself into a nice workout flow. You’ve exercised every day for two weeks straight, you’re feeling good, and you feel like nothing can stop you. We don’t mean to rain on your parade, especially since you’re doing so well. But we do feel it’s important to ask yourself a question: how hard are you pushing yourself, and do you think it’s sustainable?
Less is More
It could be that your two-week streak is actually very sustainable. Such is the case if you don’t feel like you’re straining yourself, and you feel quite content with the workload. That doesn’t mean you aren’t challenging yourself—it just means that you haven’t taken on too much too fast. If that’s how you feel, then you’re in the right place, because you’ll be able to keep it up in the long run.
When It’s Too Much
So how do you know when you’ve been pushing yourself too hard? You need to compare it to what you were doing before. If you were running two miles a day before, and now all of the sudden you’ve upped it to ten miles a day, you’ve taken it a bit too far. That kind of leap isn’t sustainable, and there’s a chance you’ll be heading for a mental crash soon. It’s much better to run four miles a day for three straight months than to run 10 miles for two weeks and then to stop running altogether.
