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When someone with arthritis wanted to exercise decades ago in the hope of getting out of pain, I found those individuals very nervous indeed, in fact they were more inclined to put up with the pain, rather than dare to exercise in the hope of improving their quality of life, it was a tough challenge to get them to even think about exercising..

Then the wet months of winter (around now) would make it worse, the cold too would make even more painful, many felt hopeless against the ever increasing pain.

But the people who did exercise through the pain and eventually get stronger, also got a lot of the pain out of their body. 

They started moving better, they started getting more energy and the winter months that were previously out of bounds when it came to exercising, became much more enjoyable as exercising became firmly a big part of their daily routine.

The results from exercising, as well as overhauling what they regularly ate and drunk on a daily basis, often transformed their lives.

The science has now caught up with what we saw in the real life exercise field a long time ago, if you don’t use your body, it will start to seize up, pain will invade your body over time and eating right makes a massive difference to your energy levels, your recovery from exercise and overall health and wellbeing.

Don’t forget your mental health too, if you have decreased aches and pains in your body, you automatically feel much better, there is fresh hope in your life and you are very much more motivated to keep moving and only improve your performances, as you get much more confident exercising.

The swimmer who trains for 3 months and expects to be a champion and beat her friends who have been at t for years, the pianist who starts learning how to play the piano and expects to play for packed audiences within 6 months, the person who has golf lessons and then expects to be on the golf team within a few months, the cook who attends cooking school and expects to work as a very well paid chef as soon as they qualify.

All examples of things that will never happen.

With more practice, hard work, highs and lows, heartbreak and victories, yet more hard work, plenty of grinding away even when they didn’t feel like it, being let down, overcoming disappointment and losses, thoughts of quitting, thoughts they weren’t good enough in the first place, others telling them they shouldn’t bother even.

This is often the process everyone has to go through to become really good at something, yes it’s a long way to the top (if you want rock n roll!).

With the gym, if you want great success in one month, it’s not going to happen, yes you will feel better, stronger, fitter and you will have a greater sense of wellbeing, in six months those feelings will go up times ten.

But you have to realise you have to keep showing up, you have to grind it out, do the programmes, do the work, face things you may not think possible until you DO get the impossible done through practice, through perseverance, through application and determination.

Don’t fancy that? The question should be, when it comes to your health, can you afford not to have great health, great balance, be fit and strong, have a very good lung capacity, a strong heart and a very good sense of well-being, which all leads to great mental health.

I tell the exact same to the multi millionaires I train, the kids I train, the 90 year olds I train and literally everyone in between I will tell you the truth too.

Doing hard things makes you better in every area of your life and I back you all the way to do great things, so its YOUR choice how great you want to be!!!