Easy There.. Comeback Kid!
Posted by Sean on December 17, 2008
Yep we have all been there.
We hate to admit it, but we’re all going to be there at some point in our lives.
On the comeback trail.
Are you out of shape?
Have you been laid up?
Were you sick?
Were you injured?
Or maybe you’ve just been out of the ‘game’ for ‘just a spell’. (just a spell = years)
For me, it happened right out of high school, then again during college, and still again 2 years ago.
We lose our edge, and some how we slow down.. and …. we … become… out… of…. shape.
For most of us, life just simply got busy. For me, I was the former athlete turned healthcare professional.
No matter how you got there, you’re now in the same boat as everyone else. You’re making a comeback. You’re wanting to get back ‘into it’.
Whether it be exercising in general, or a more specific activity, we all make the same stupid mistake. 
For some reason we think our aging, un-taxed, un-tested bodies will perform the same way ‘we remember’ no matter what we’ve not been been doing!
Why do we blindly ‘pick up where we left off’?. Even if the time frame ‘left off’ is dated years back?
Time and time again, we’re stubborn and idiotic enough to run, jump, push, pull, twist, turn and lift our bodies in a previous manner thinking just because we could do it once before at some point in our lives we can do it now.
Reality has a funny way of teaching us a lesson about our bodies. The lesson is usually painful, agonizing, and riddled with injury.
So instead of feeling good about ourselves because we’re ‘back in the game’. We’re using extremely colorful language to describe how ‘great’ we feel, and how ‘genius’ of an idea this whole ‘game’ really is.
All you comeback kids out there, listen up.
Start SLOWWWWWW. In fact, start SO slow that you don’t even feel like you’re in motion. Make your progression embarrassingly slow. You’ll be glad you did.
It’s better to move in a forward manner at a slow pace, then to blast forward initially and have your progress halted by pain and injury.
Slow is better than stop.
Carpe Diem
emily said
Why sir, did you write this post for me? lol
I spent 1.5 hours doing cardio yesterday and woke up with sore ankles. Funny that I decided to delay the trip to the guy and catch up on my post reading. That damn thing called fate again
Strong One said
@ emily *snickering* I have no idea what you’re referring to.
emily said
Why sir, did you write this post for me? lol
I spent 1.5 hours doing cardio yesterday and woke up with sore ankles. Funny that I decided to delay the trip to the guy and catch up on my post reading. That damn thing called fate again
Strong One said
@ emily *snickering* I have no idea what you’re referring to.