AMA November 2024 - On Fitness (General)

[Damer]

It's a time of the year when I thought we could all benefit from an Ask Me Anything session. Previous AMA sessions, which are now in our Knowledge Base, focused on a specific aspect of fitness like strength or speed. It's been some time since we had one and a lot of new people have joined The Hive, plus many of you are further along your fitness journey. For all those reasons I thought it would be super-useful to make this one general so any question you have about fitness can be examined. As usual I will bring in scientific studies and research to back up what I say and I will explain things in detail, no matter how simple they may seem.

Rules as usual:

• There are no stupid questions so feel free to ask anything.
• I will acknowledge your question with a thumbs up and answer it within 24 hours, usually.
• Feel free to ask for any clarifications on my answer or any follow-up questions that are sparked by it.
• If you ask a follow up question if you tag me @Damer it becomes more likely I will see it (I get inundated with emails and notifications most days)
• If something doesn't make sense just ask me to explain further (sometimes I assume some things are common knowledge and I shouldn't)
• The AMA will run for two weeks to allow everyone time to think about it and get their questions in and also get in follow-up questions should they need to

The starting date will be Wednesday 6th November. I will open this thread up then so start lining your questions up.

 

[RangerX]

I am 35 with a newborn baby. She's about 4 months I guess not technically a newborn. Anyway, I'm getting inside the truck. I have a highly stressful job and I consistently do not get enough sleep. I am working on cleaning up my diet and developing a consistent exercise routine. I do have trouble sticking with something beyond walking a lot of times, but I'm trying anyway. My question is knowing that high levels of stress and lack of sleep. I have a constantly rotating work schedule that is unpredictable and a crying baby. What can I do to help me get sick less often cuz I feel like I'm getting sick all the time. I feel like I am drained and out of energy all the time. I don't know if I just need to eat more citrus fruit or take a supplement or change the type of workouts I'm doing. I can't really have any control over my work schedule so I am looking for a different job. But with high levels of stress and lower than adequate levels of sleep, what steps can I take to keep myself from getting sick.