” …get some exercise, feels bad and you have to try but as far as I can tell that’s how life goes…” Ben Rector
I am not the biggest fan of exercise but after many years I have realized that you are either going to be in pain because you exercise or be in pain because you choose not to exercise. The difference is that when you are choosing to exercise you know why you hurt, so you do not have the nagging, “Am I going to die?” question about every ache or pain. In Buddhism you have the First Noble Truth: Existence is Suffering and from the Princess Bride we have the classic line, “Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.” I happen to agree with these statements increasingly as I gain more experience in life. Being the realist that I am I would add my own quote to the Pain canon, “Life is pain, but in many cases you are able to choose your pain”. This certainly applies to Exercise.