This is the time when I’m going to let you think about your injuries and tell a few stories. Ok, did you get them all out? What about the time when you were doing that heavy lift? Oh yeah, you forgot that one.

Working out has inherent risks. I’ve crashed my bike twice. I’ve broken an ankle and wrist during basketball games. I’ve had numerous stitches, strained hip flexors, and sprained so many ankles, that injuries have become a lifestyle. But we come back to it.

We always come back and continue to do something, a little wiser and more experienced, because we’ve adapted to a lifestyle of being very active. Because in the long run, those injuries that come from being active are far less dangerous than the effects of cardiovascular disease that come with not working out.

We continue to push through injuries because in the end, we are healthier with injuries to our bones and ligaments than we are sitting around waiting for a heart attack or stroke to occur.

The little bouts of soreness that we experience will go away quickly, but those long term health benefits for the work that you put in now will be even more enjoyable when you are able to lift your grandchildren over your head and run through your yard after them. So keep pushing on! It’s all worth it.