Sport practiced to the extreme has the potential to turn into an unhealthy obsession. Pascal Pich has walked the line between addiction and passion, for years Pascal spent 40-hours-a-week cycling, swimming and running.
He explained: “I always say you feel alive, it seems funny, but exercising on a bike, on foot, it feels like living:”
Pascal lived for sport he is a four-time ultra-triathlon world champion.
An ultra-triathlon must involve 3.86 kilometres of swimming, 180 kilometers on a bike and a full 42.2 kilometer marathon: “I would wake a midnight and swim until 4am, then I took the train to work. I came home and ate, then went out on my bike for a three or four hour ride. Then I would run for two hours. Then the day was over and then it would start again at midnight.”
During sporting activity, the brain is stimulated and releases endorphins they provide a feeling of well-being and euphoria, but when exercise is intense and repeated the brain releases the hormone dopamin
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