There are 3 kinds of exercise: athletic exercise, fitness exercise and health preservation exercise. The "no pain, no gain" approach is appropriate in athletic exercise. Athletes must push beyond their comfortable capacity. In fitness exercise that approach is causing too much injury and fatigue. In health preservation exercise "pain equals no gain". Systemic Exercise is meant for health preservation. If it causes any pain, our Neuro-function is telling us we are doing too much, too soon for our condition. We will retard our progress if we continue in the same way. Instead of "no pain, no gain" we say "Always Be Comfortable" (A.B.C!).

If we feel heavy or labored during exercise, immediately after exercise, or later in the day as a result of exercise, we are over-exercising and retarding our progress. We must slow down and ABC! - Always Be Comfortable.

Systemic Exercise, done comfortably, invigorates the Systemic Functions, but doesn't fatigue them. It prevents injuries and helps us discover our Personal Recovery Pace so we make faster progress in the long run.

Systemic Exercise is a very old form of health preservation exercise. It is, by the way, the best possible foundation to lay before starting fitness exercise, which in turn is the best foundation for athletic exercise.

Please read the next page, Systemic Health Principle #5, Always Be Consistent