Finding Your Weaknesses

One of the keys of achieving fitness through moderation is variation. The wider you expand your scope of possibilities for physical activities, the more well rounded your fitness will be. I write this after a weekend of playing woodsball, hiking the woods, crawling through brush, doing what you can to shoot paint on other people before they get you. Once I drove home I realized that I achieved quite a workout to my glutes and quads. I WAS SORE. From the lower half of my back to my hamstrings. Since this was the first time in the year I had played woodsball I wasn't all that surprised, but since I am fairly active I thought I would be in better shape for paintball. If I had varied my exercises a little more I may not have been so sore.
Now that I realize that hiking an incline at a fast pace, and crawling through the brush are my weaknesses, what should I do? Find exercises that exploit these weaknesses until they become strong. Part of moderation is not overdoing it though, and so I won't work on it while they are still sore.
Varying physical activities is one way to find weaknesses in your fitness. After you can find your weaknesses, you can make them stronger. Knowing yourself can play an important part in finding your weaknesses and turning them into strengths. Generally, if you are in tune with your body you can tell the difference between muscle soreness from working out, a torn or sprained tendon, or something more serious. If you have any questions about a pain, you should seek medical attention.
Variation is a useful tool in gaining fitness through moderation. It can highlight your weaknesses, and show you areas that have room for improvement. Once you know what areas you can improve, you can work to make them as strong as other areas of your fitness.