BEYOND the PAIN

 I touch on pain often because it is something I deal with every single day. I try not to focus on the pain but believe me when I tell you there is no ignoring it. Ignoring the pain is simply impossible for me at this point in time. But I do however push beyond the pain.

 Pushing myself beyond the aches and pains isn’t easy at all but it is necessary as I see it if I want to improve. If I totally give in to the pain it will only get worse. Since I’ve started this journey of mine I have gotten next to no relief as far the pain goes. But as I hoped, I now manage the pain a bit better. Exercising has strengthened the areas around the weak areas where the pain stems from and the strengthening of my mind and soul definitely helps.

 I mostly train alone but believe me I don’t take it easy on myself as that wouldn’t do me any good. I am careful of course but I do indeed push myself as hard as I possibly can. I focus on BEING present at all times. If my thoughts do wonder, I stop myself immediately, recenter, refocus, and go from there. After nearly a year I still un some mornings try to talk myself out of getting into the gym. I have read up on many athletes that go through the same thing so it’s normal. Not gonna sugarcoat it here when that little voice pops up trying to tempt me to not train, I tell it to just shut the fu*# up.

 At the end of the day there are two types of people. There are those that fold under pressure and or give in to pain. Then there are those that stand up to pressure and push beyond the pain. The choice is up to you. I made my choice. That is to push, and keep pushing beyond the pain.