True recovery requires nurturing a recovery mind-set—one that fully honors the body’s need to recuperate and senses when it’s time to chill. This attitude can be hard to cultivate in a culture that’s constantly bombarding us with messages to “go hard or go home.” We’re primed to push through the pain and do another mile or one more set. We celebrate “streakers” who run every day for years. But if your body isn’t recovering from and adapting to those runs, then you’re just logging junk miles that are wearing you down instead of building you up. I don’t mind celebrating those impressive people
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