Fatigue from Ashtanga – want to change style?

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The Question

Hi everyone, I work a very demanding job – typically 6 days a week, around 12 hours per day. For the past 2.5 years, I’ve maintained an Ashtanga Primary Series practice 3x per week, alongside supplements and a strict diet. Recently, I’ve started to feel that this is no longer sustainable, as I’m constantly fatigued. I experimented with shorter 45-minute workouts and felt significantly better, which made me realize that the intensity – especially the deep stretching and tendon load in Ashtanga, i…

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