Why Am I Too Tired To Exercise?

5 Simple Reasons Why You Might Be Too Tired To Exercise

What are the two most commonly used excuses for skipping a workout or not exercising at all? “I don’t have time” and “I’m too tired to exercise”.

In reality, everyone has the time, it’s just a matter of making exercising a priority in your daily life. Three 10-minutes sessions are just as good (if not better) than one 30-minute one.

However, when it comes to not having enough energy to exercise, that can be a legitimate and real excuse. Here are 5 simple reasons why you might be too tired to exercise and how you can overcome them.

Is Exercise Worth The Effort?

If you want to feel better, have more energy and perhaps even live longer the health benefits of exercise are hard to ignore. Regular physical activity lowers your risk of contracting heart disease, type II diabetes and both colon and breast cancers. Exercising on a regular basis immediately raises your metabolism. This helps you lose unnecessary weight on your body in the form of fat, and also allows you eat more without gaining weight.

5  Reasons Why You Might Be Too Tired To Exercise

1. Not Exercising

One reason you’re too tired to exercise is because you don’t exercise! But doesn’t exercising make you tired? It can, but when done properly, it creates energy so over time you feel more vibrant and like you could conquer the world.

The key to creating more energy is time and intensity. Studies have found that a workout of 30 minutes or less at a low to moderate intensity is the right combination to increase your energy level. More time, or at a higher intensity, and exercising in fact could make you more tired and spent.

2. Poor Diet

Not eating properly can create a lack of energy. The most common cause is eating too much processed food and especially fast food. Too much simple carbs like sugar and you’ll have blood sugar spikes and crashes, which raises havoc with your energy levels.

Too few complex carbohydrates and you won’t have enough raw material for your cells to make the energy it takes to power through a workout. For a balanced diet, try to maintain a percentage ratio of:

• 50% Carbs
• 30% Protein
• 20% Healthy Fats

Fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grain, fatty fish and lean meats should be your staple diet.

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3. Not Enough Vitamin D

A deficiency in Vitamin D will leave you feeling sluggish and too tired to exercise. If you can’t get enough naturally by being out in the sun, you can up your level with supplementation of D3.  For just 20 minutes in the sun is all it takes or by taking 600 to 800IUs per day in pill form.

4. Sleep Deprivation 

Sleep deprivation is commonly overlooked as a reason for lack of energy. In our hectic world of today, some people have a hard time unplugging from their work, and as a consequence, they don’t get enough sleep. Most experts recommend getting at least 7 to 8 hours per night. However, in the western world, 40% of us get less than 7 hours per night.

While you are sleeping, your body is recharging itself, repairing and rebuilding muscles, replenishing the muscles with glycogen, etc. If you don’t give it enough time to do this, your energy levels will begin to suffer.

5. Stress

Stress is the scourge of today’s society. For many of us, the daily demands on our time are overwhelming and can create fatigue all by itself without the other reasons. If you can’t unplug and get away for a while each day, it will sap your energy. Find a hobby that drains away the stress so that once finished, you will feel better and more refreshed.

How about exercising! Through studies, it has consistently proven itself to reduce stress levels. Looks like we have come full circle!

6 Daily Habits To Boost Your Energy Levels

Do you often feel too tired to exercise? Lifestyle choices, poor diet and a lack of physical activity all influence your energy levels. At one time or another, all of us can use a boost in our energy level. Because we are creatures of habit and function on bio-rhythms, getting into a daily routine of practicing certain habits will keep us going day-in and day-out. Download this Free Report that reveals 6 habits that should be part of your daily routine.