Injury Doesn’t Mean It’s Over

The hard part isn’t healing; it’s getting out of our heads long enough to learn the lesson injury is trying to teach.

There are two ways to live; injured or sick.

The good news is, we get to choose.

We can either put the work in and live with the occasional tweak, strain, or pull. Or we can sit on the sofa and wait for The Reaper. And while that may not be the best fitness sales pitch, it’s actually quite liberating.

It means you can do everything right and still pull your hamstring.

It means you can prepare day and night and still slip on wet grass.

It means you’re never entirely free from the chance something could go wrong, but you are free to train anyway.

Think of injury more like a break. A time to focus elsewhere. Maybe that’s a weakness you’ve been avoiding, your diet, or something else entirely.

Injury doesn’t mean it’s over. It doesn’t mean you’ll lose your gains or you’re done for good. It means stop. Evaluate. And use this time to grow stronger in ways you never imagined.

The hard part isn’t healing; it’s getting out of our heads long enough to learn the lesson injury is trying to teach.

There are two ways to live; injured or sick. The good news is, we get to choose.