The starting-again process is tough.
It hurts. It can feel hopeless. And when you focus on what you think you “should” be doing, and do a hard, intense workout that causes a lot of discomfort and pain and makes you feel overwhelmed, it just makes what’s already a hard process that much harder.
So, for anyone who needs to hear it, just doing a little is doing enough.
Those very small steps early on are often the hardest, but also the most important.
Just finished a version of Fight Gone Bad at the gym, then did some obstacles. I am 27 days into The Streak, and physically I’m started to feel real good. I think, at the core of it, the current success stems from having fun. I didn’t jump in quickly and haven’t gone too intense (until […]
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World’s Toughest Mudder was quite a rollercoaster. While I had a pass/fail goal of 65 miles, my real goal going in was 70. Several times in the past I felt 70 was attainable, but mistakes had cost me. This was my sixth WTM, and when I looked back at each one I’d done in the […]
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In September 2020, I fractured by right tibea plateau in three places. I came off an obstacle awkwardly, landing so from the knee down was bent back, from the knee up was forward, and all my weight smashed into the top of that plateau that holds the weight of the rest of your body. What’s […]
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