I'm a college student and I would like to start exercising. I used to run a lot back in middle school and high school, but I stopped in college.
The primary reason is that my typical day in college is a lot more demanding. I feel kind of tired on most days, and I feel kind of sick on the others; I just never feel physically ready to exercise. For example,
- I don't know whether I should/can exercise when I have a headache.
- I don't know whether I should/can exercise when I didn't sleep enough last night.
- I don't know whether I should/can exercise when I really need to work on an assignment with full energy in the evening (exercising sometimes make me drowsy).
In short, I worry if exercising actually makes my health worse when my physical condition is sub-optimal.