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Stopping is a transition, and transitions are where things fall apart for a lot of people. A short unwinding phase, the same one every time, takes the decision out of it. Slower movements, a stretch, a bit of quiet, then out. This is as useful at the end of a run as it is at the end of a class full of eight year olds.
When you are safe again, remember God (Quran 2:239). There is a settling step named for after the pressure lifts, not just for during it.
البقرة
فَإِنۡ خِفۡتُمۡ فَرِجَالًا أَوۡ رُكۡبَانࣰ اۖ فَإِذَآ أَمِنتُمۡ فَٱذۡكُرُواْ ٱللَّهَ كَمَا عَلَّمَكُم مَّا لَمۡ تَكُونُواْ تَعۡلَمُونَ
If you are in danger, pray when you are out walking or riding; when you are safe again, remember God, for He has taught you what you did not know
Qur’an 2:239read it in the library
Translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem, The Qur'an, Oxford University Press, 2004.
In chronic fatigue syndrome the evidence on exercise is contested. A Cochrane review found exercise therapy reduced fatigue against passive control, while many patients report that pacing, rather than steadily pushing the load up, is what they can sustain. Both sides of that argument point at how you manage the edges of a session, not just the middle.
Larun L, Brurberg KG, Odgaard-Jensen J, Price JR. (2017). Exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome.. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews doi
Strength of evidence: one line of research. A single study, or a theoretical account.
A known ending gives you something to follow at the moment when changing gear is hardest.
With a small child who is struggling with both movement and speech, start with the body. Balance and steadiness come before a child can take in much language or learning.
Slow movement practices seem to help mood, sleep and the general hum of stress. Bringing that background level down often does more for your concentration than trying to concentrate harder.
Almost nobody needs convincing that exercise helps. The gap is between knowing it and doing it, so spend your effort there.