Pacing involves learning to balance your time spent on exercise and activities, to avoid overactivity or underactivity. It is about being able to manage your chronic pain more effectively, to achieve a balance between rest and activity. This enables you to perform meaningful activities with less pain interference.

When you start an exercise program, you may struggle to adopt the right pace and technique in developing your fitness training. As a result, exercise can feel like a struggle. If you’ve experienced difficulty sticking with your exercise regime, the problem is likely to be one of pacing judgment and intensity:

a) Starting your exercise too quickly and paying the price later on

b) Completing sessions too conservatively and feeling you’ve got a lot more left in the tank

The solution is learning how to evaluate your training intensity and match it to your session so that you get maximum training benefits — and importantly, enjoy your training sessions.