scooby1961 | Working out is a privilege @scooby1961 | Uploaded 3 months ago | Updated 6 hours ago
Working out is a privilege. Never forget this fact and every workout will be awesome. Having joints that allow you to have delicious workouts is a gift as is having enough time to lift weights consistently. Many in America have to work so many hours that fitness cant be a priority. Older folk like myself often have joint issues bad enough that working out is either very limited or not possible at all. Next time you workout, don't think of it as something you have to do but something that you are very fortunate to be able to do.
My right shoulder needs a total replacement which is a very serious surgery. It's not an injury, it'as simply worn out. It might be from years of beach volleyball, it might be from swimming, or it might be from 40 years of lifting. Right now, there are very, very few exercises I can do with my shoulder in this condition but I literally treasure the few I can do.
I have to stifle the urge to pillow scream when some young adult with perfect joints who could do any exercise they want asks "how can I stay motivated to workout?".
I have been working out daily since 1983 because I love how it makes me feel, makes me sleep better, and lowers stress. I do 2-4 weight workouts a week and 5-20hrs of hiking or biking a week.
What I now tell these people who complain they cant get motivated is to simply not bother because lifting weights wears out the joints. Wait until your doctor tells you that exercise is a matter of life or death for you and THEN you will have motivation to workout and you will have healthy unused joints to work with.
Working out is a privilege. Never forget this fact and every workout will be awesome. Having joints that allow you to have delicious workouts is a gift as is having enough time to lift weights consistently. Many in America have to work so many hours that fitness cant be a priority. Older folk like myself often have joint issues bad enough that working out is either very limited or not possible at all. Next time you workout, don't think of it as something you have to do but something that you are very fortunate to be able to do.
My right shoulder needs a total replacement which is a very serious surgery. It's not an injury, it'as simply worn out. It might be from years of beach volleyball, it might be from swimming, or it might be from 40 years of lifting. Right now, there are very, very few exercises I can do with my shoulder in this condition but I literally treasure the few I can do.
I have to stifle the urge to pillow scream when some young adult with perfect joints who could do any exercise they want asks "how can I stay motivated to workout?".
I have been working out daily since 1983 because I love how it makes me feel, makes me sleep better, and lowers stress. I do 2-4 weight workouts a week and 5-20hrs of hiking or biking a week.
What I now tell these people who complain they cant get motivated is to simply not bother because lifting weights wears out the joints. Wait until your doctor tells you that exercise is a matter of life or death for you and THEN you will have motivation to workout and you will have healthy unused joints to work with.
