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When fitness culture ignores recovery and natural limits

My workout app wants me to hit personal records every week but my body feels tired and I wonder who decided rest was weakness.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Perpetual improvement models override biological needs for restoration and cyclical variation.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Linear vs. cyclical time — cultural differences?”

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