Gracy Bee

Exercising

Posted on June 27th, 2007 by GracyBee.
Categories: General.

I felt quite sad as I read about the news yesterday, about the boy who died suddenly after finishing the SEA selection race.

Death is common in mankind, but what is so upsetting and scary is that, the sudden ness of the death and affecting someone who is so young and had so much ahead to do in his life. And this is not the 1st case like this. Through these years, I read in newspapers that people dying suddenly in their sleep or just after exercising. And the numbers seem to be increasing. And those affected were young: between 18 - 30+. It really make me wonder if exercising is really beneficial. I really felt sad for the families to lose their loved one in such a way and my deepest condolences to them.

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I started to trace back my exercising routine. I never exercise regularly ever since my JC days. When I was in my 2nd and 3rd year in Uni, I started Taekwondo. And after that I stopped till last year that I decided to do some exercises again as I felt tired easily etc. And so I started to jog or do some aerobics exercises at home.

I always felt good after exercising. I felt much more alert and had better stamina and sleep better at night. However, since I started exercising last year, I realised that I fell sick a lot easier and more frequently than the time I started taekwondo and the period I stopped exercising. I was surprised with that. Could it be my immune system is weak? Is it because of the pollen season in the UK that make me sick easily? Could it be cos my health is not as good as before that exercising don’t help at all? I have all sorts of questions but no definite answers. Well, for now, I don’t do strenuous exercises but daily 8 hrs walk at work does compensate. And I plan to do swimming when time comes.

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