MEDICUS - the Podcast by Duke-NUS Medical School
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MEDICUS - the Podcast by Duke-NUS Medical School
From burnout to balance: How to adopt a sustainable fitness routine
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In Episode 10 of MEDICUS – the podcast, we went on a search for a scientist who has woven fitness into his work and family life routine so well that it looks effortless to find out how he does it. With January over, we’re already one month into the New Year, so the pressure to maintain any new or continuing fitness commitment is steadily growing. So, we sat down with Sven Petersen, a principal research scientist with the Laboratory for Translational and Molecular Imaging at Duke-NUS, who talked about his relationship with exercise and how it saved him during one of his darkest times.
He also tells us how having a young family has helped him gain a more flexible view of his priorities—without foregoing his much-needed workout fix—and just before we let him go, we put this volunteer fitness coach on the spot with a few quick-fire questions to help inspire anyone along their fitness journey. Spoiler alert: running comes up more than once!
Show notes:
Music from: Bird Creek (via YouTube Studio Audio Library)
Produced by: Nicole Lim, Senior editor at Duke-NUS
For more stories in this issue of MEDICUS, go to: www.duke-nus.edu.sg/medicus/2024-issue1
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