We are constantly bombarded with advice and rules about how to do sports. We receive advice on how to exercise at dawn, how much we should drink when it’s hot, the best clothing for winter rather than summer, how to give continuity to our workouts, what to pay attention to when we run, the most appropriate music according to the intensity of the activity, and so on ad infinitum.
I wonder if this need induced and, in part, even demanded by people is not a way of giving up deciding for oneself how to do an activity and relying completely on the rules proposed by others.
If I have to consult an expert about what time it is best to walk for 30 minutes in the summer and how much I should drink during the day I actually give up my autonomy as an individual, I also give up experiencing what is best for me, and I become a person who adapts and gives up developing competence even through mistakes.
Now giacche is not talking about Olympic champion training but rather elementary activities, this surrender of one’s autonomy into the hands of others I find unjustifiable and disrespectful of one’s abilities.
Experts if one wants to train continuously and with obvious improvements appropriate to the time one intends to spend on that activity. But let’s rebel against this avalanche of advice that when it’s hot, tells us to dress light and not go out in the hottest prees. Let us not abdicate our critical thinking skills, otherwise we will become adults who have babysitters to carry out their daily lives.
