The Tek of Fasting, Ice Baths, and Yoga
I once led the life of a superman. I put down the cigarettes and pursued a physique chiseled by miles of running and hours of exercise while on the west coast and turned myself into quite the specimen ... until I returned to the deep south and my Kentucky Fried Chicken addiction.Alas, when I returned to the east coast I found the ammenities far lacking for maintaining some workout potential in the utter lack of opportunities in my midst — and ended up falling back to the big fat blivet I've always been and remain today.
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Their need to work much longer hours and handle inordinate amounts of work find these sources of "positive stress" enablers in those lifestyle choices involving career they have decided to undertake as activities of daily living.
Fasting, cold showers, hot yoga and restrictive dieting are how some are pushing the performance envelope in a world of technical demands and hours on end they are pursued.
I can certainly see the advantages these activities could provide in the way of supercharging an existence from the standpoint of both metabolism and endurance. So I tried just turning the hot water way down on my next shower only to determine that I'm QUITE beyond able to tolerate much in the way of planned stressors as I'm making ready to pursue my day.
Maybe I could drop back and punt ... you know, start taking walks instead.