We’ve all heard it: “Push through the pain.” Or: “No pain, no gain.
My running this summer has been one giant, neverending test of discomfort – so hot!
Statements like this are common in the health and wellness world. And even though they are rooted in a positive idea – get tough, do the hard work – they’re not quite right. Because pain doesn’t make you stronger and doesn’t give you gains.
Pain is a warning sign. It slows you down, halts progress, may even sideline you.
What should we be striving for? Discomfort.
You know discomfort. It’s that feeling when you don’t want to or think you can’t; when it feels too hard or you feel like giving up.
That’s being uncomfortable. That’s when you push through, when growth and gains come.
It’s not catchy and it doesn’t rhyme. But discomfort – not pain – is the real goal. So get going and get uncomfortable!
That’s enough for now. Until next time,
Lindsay