Who said fatigue makes cowards of us

He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in There are more tired corps and division commanders than there are tired corps and divisions. Fatigue makes cowards of us all. General U. For that reason he insisted on good physical condition for his troops.

He once shook and slapped one of them. Strong Col. Leroy Strong, Army operations officer at Fort Polk—ed. The famous quote was used in this context to stress the importance of conditioning, both mental and physical, whether it is facing a battle or steping onto the football field. But why should we afraid of fatigue? Is it because we do not want to be tired or battle adversity? What should scare us about fatigue is not the difficulty, but the increased risk of injury.

Fatigue is the inability to maintain the same level of mechanical output; specifically, a reduced capacity to produce force. The significance of fatigue is huge; a larger number of injuries occur in the later stages of practices and games.

A May study out of Kyoto University in Japan sought out to discover these effects of fatigue and the differences based on gender. The authors used a force plate of course to observe the athletes changing direction while sprinting. Maybe you work longer hours because you can't energise yourself enough to find a way to work smartly. Maybe you don't double check, or even single check your work.

Maybe you don't put yourself forward for that promotion or take on that new project because you simply don't feel you can provide the requisite energy and effort. Tiredness manifests in lots of ways. And just like in the sporting arena, to try and rectify this you should start with the factors that you can control. First up, you can be honest with yourself and admit there is an issue. Then address the basics: you go to bed at the right time, you eat healthily, you exercise, you switch off all those blue light emitting devices, you structure your work better, you drink less coffee and more water.

Even where you feel you can't control or affect matters it may be possible to speak to someone else who can. Don't just settle: approach your manager, HR or even your colleagues. Of course, there can occasionally be serious physiological or psychological issues that contribute, and in those cases, you might consider specialist help.

If you are taking the exercise, drinking the water, getting enough sleep for example and you still feel constantly tired, that should be a signal to speak with your doctor.

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