Rehabilitation, conditioning, strength training, etc. – it’s all hard

by Chris Melton on February 24, 2008

Lower leg rehabPhysical rehabilitation is tough

Anyone who has ever had to go through physical rehabilitation knows and understands that their will be pain involved.

  • Your joints will have become stiff and swollen
  • Your muscles will have atrophied and become weak
  • You are constantly battling the doubts that you can return to your former activities and level of performance

Physical conditioning is hard

As a whole, our planet is in a full scale battle with obesity. Most people prefer not to be obese and in fact, would rather be Rock climgingathletic and trim. The problem is that conditioning is hard.

  • It’s difficult to get out of bed in the morning and perform 30 – 45 minutes of cardio
  • It’s a pain in the ass to keep up with a gym bag and all the assorted gym stuff
  • It consumes precious time
  • Eating a diet that is nutritious, healthy and tasty requires additional planning and preparing
  • It can be expensive in either gym fees or gym equipment (if you have the space)

WeightsStrength training is a battle

As we age, muscle becomes more difficult to maintain, while our fat stores increase with every extra bite

  • Lifts and poundages that we did with ease ten years ago are now our max
  • Steroid use and abuse seems to be the norm

(photos are used courtesy of otisarchives2, organic.matter and ericmcgregor)

Have we all become a bunch of crying and whining sissies?

Watch this incredible video of a high school wrestlers as he trains, then get rid of every excuse you’ve got, suck it up and get busy.

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