Respect. As an athlete, you have learned how to mentally manage pain and fatigue. Play through whatever your body tells you. If it hurts, suck it up! You can take it! By now, you have probably found some physical limitations with this approach. Pushed through until something failed. Got hurt with no one but yourself…
Tag: aging
Being Competitive: A Starting Point
One of the truths that Life shares with us is that we all must get older. While some of us Baby Boomers are still working on growing up, we are all confronted with bodies that are changing with age. Previously quiet joints and little aches and pains now talk to us in very clear voices…
Oh Calamity!
Calamity (kə-lăm′ĭ-tē) – a state or feeling of deep distress or misery – http://www.thefreedictionary.com/calamity Betrayed by your body! What used to follow your every wish is now slow to respond, slow to heal. Where do the injustices end?
Developing the Healthy Geek: Channeling Your Inner Athlete
“How did I get here?” I asked myself. And who the hell was that person I was seeing in the mirror? “That can’t be me.” But it was me. After a very active early adulthood, exercise had given way to grad school, running a business, family priorities, terrible nutrition, and sleep deprivation. I seemed to…
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