In the past we have been taught to listen to our body by jogging at a pace that allows us to hold a conversation with our partner. To me this technique sounds more like listening to someone elses body rather then your own. Inadvertantly many of us have been conditioned to distract our mind from our body during exercise. Often times exercise is found too boring unless we have a TV to watch, a book to read or a magazine to flip through. High-tech distraction devices have emerged on the seen as virtual reality workout centers and TV ridden cardio theatres fill health clubs.
People can now exercise beyond their tolerance without the boredom and without feeling the pain.
No pain no gain has been replaced with, if we distract you you won't feel it. The degeneration of even moderate levels of exercise has been recently documented in a landmark study by Dr. Kenneth Cooper who is considered a leading authority and visionary in the field of exercise physiology. His recent findings fly in the face of all our current exercise standards yet match up perfectly with the exercise requirements layed down over 5000 years ago in the ayurvedic texts. The results of this study were so controversial and radical the fitness industry for the most part the industry has choosen to ignore Coopers advice. He says if you insist on exceeding this limit then you must take large doses of antioxident supplements to combat the harmful effects of moderate exercise.