<ul><li>Incorporating pleasurable activities into your workout routine increases adherence to a regular workout schedule. </li><li>Makes excersize feel lesss like a chore. </li><li>Leads to better performance. </li><li>Enhances overall well-being. </li><li>Can decrease the risk of burnout and injury by making the workout less monotonous. </li></ul>

Why pleasure is useful

<ul><li>Builds physical and mental toughness</li><li>Helps to reach new levels of fitness</li><li>Improves ability to handle stress</li><li>Indicates when you are working at the right intensity level</li><li>Helps to achieve progress and reach fitness goals. </li></ul>The key is to push yourself but also listen to your body and avoid injury.

Why pain is useful

It's important finding a middle way between pleasure and pain when it comes to exercise. Also, it's important to:<ul><li>Push yourself to work hard during your workout but also to listen to your body and avoid injury.</li><li>Find an exercise routine that is challenging but also enjoyable.</li><li>Incorporating recovery time and stretching for preventing injury and improving performance.</li></ul>Balance is key, and it's important to find a workout routine that is sustainable and can be followed consistently over the long-term

Finding a middle way

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Every strenuous exercise involves some mixture of suffering and pleasure. The key to sticking with it is getting the balance right.

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Katy Kennedy’s first attempt to develop a running habit was a flop. She signed up for a half-marathon, punished herself up and down the hills in her neighborhood to prepare, then struggled through the race.

“I walked the last mile, and someone shouted ‘Run!’ at me, and I was like, ‘I can’t,’” recalled Dr. Kennedy, now a lecturer at the University of Chichester in Britain. “It was horrific, actually. I thought I might die. Then I gave up running for ten years.”

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