this moved me:
Sometimes when I'm on the last repetition of the last set, a muscle begins to involuntarily tremble. "That's great," she says. "You're working to the point of failure."
In weight training, failure is a good thing. Failure means you've worked so hard that your body is saying, "Enough already! I give!" It means you haven't lost control - you're not in danger of injuring yourself - but if you don't stop now, you might be overdoing it.
I like thinking of failure that way. I wonder how our lives might be different if we thought about impending collapses as signals that we're working to the point of failure - the place of needing rest and respite. What if we were to simply stop, pat ourselves on the back for doing our best, and take a break, instead of judging ourselves or pushing to the point of injury?
the whole article is great.
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Wow, that's so true. If our lives are about progress and growth, then why do some people push themselves so hard without any rest? This causes overtraining, which leads not to progress but regression.
I'm going to think about that.
reminds me of Ben Stiller
"Involuntary muscle spasm... enjoy the show"
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