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• db39 5y ago
  In some cases sure, but it depends on your goals. If your goal is to run a marathon, then you need to run. If your goal is to become an author, you need to write. It's insane to force yourself to suffer when there are more fun and more sustainable options available to you. In my experience people making themselves run are attempting it for general fitness because 'that's how it's done', rather than as a sporting goal. “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.” - Albert Einstein
  • eesmith 5y ago
    Einstein never said that. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/23/same/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/03/23/same/ . And sometimes the sane thing is to do the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result. See British Airways Flight 9, where the pilots tried restarting the engines many times before it finally worked.
  • watwut 5y ago
    I think that tendency to turn something that can he highly enjoyable (sport) into chore and moral failure if you dont effectively keeps people away from it. Sport is good for you. But there is no reason to force yourself into one you dont like or do what you find uncomfortable. You can combine sport with social, make it into familly activity or something that requires knowledge.