Enduring physical fitness programs begins with fascination. And when fascination finds support from a biologically sound way of pushing the self to test its physical limits, it results into truly fun and painless training that makes stopping a non-issue after all. A HEALTHY fascination with physical fitness has seized Cebu City lately. You can see that with the increasing number of Cebuanos participating in marathon events. Having joined the recent 35th National Milo Marathon, I saw that with my own eyes. Of note is the Fun Run category (5-km distance), which attracts non-athletic Cebuanos in droves. But there is something that amateur runners must know in order to maximize the exercise benefit while avoiding the dangers of overtraining. Like anything else, too much of a good thing can be harmful to the body. Founding chairman of the U.S Olympic Committee’s Sports Medicine Council, Irving Dardik, wrote in the book Quantum Fitness: Breakthrough to Excellence (1984)
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