If you’ve ever trained through pain, read this

I know what it is like to wake up and the first thought you have is this.

Is today going to be a good pain day or a bad pain day.

I know what it is like to look at the weekend and wonder if you will even be able to sit through something simple.

I know what it is like to watch people around you getting stronger in the gym while you feel like you are stuck in the same place.

Trying different exercises.

Trying different warm ups.

Trying random things you saw online just hoping something finally lets you train without pain.

I know what it is like to be angrier than you normally are.

Not because you are an angry person.

But because you are dealing with pain all the time and you are trying your best not to let it show.

For a long time I thought that was just going to be my life.

Training was always going to come with some level of compromise.

Always modifying something.

Always avoiding something.

Always wondering if the next set was going to light things up again.

What I eventually realized though is this.

Most persistent pain is not random.

A lot of the time it is a system that simply lost the ability to handle the demands you are placing on it.

And when you rebuild that capacity,

things that used to feel impossible start to feel normal again.

Lifting.

Training.

Moving without constantly wondering if something is about to hurt.

If you are stuck in that cycle right now, I understand it more than you might think.

And more importantly,

it does not have to stay that way.​
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Gabe
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