The Pleasure of Pain
It's 4 more days before I head for the next trip, basically my whole team is gone except for me! The only other guy not on vacation is working from home today so that leaves the whole office to me myself only. I had a big struggle this morning about coming to work but I guess I had to come for the sake of doing further research and printing of stuffs for the trip so here I am.
My back problems came back suddenly last week and made me sorta ease off on my gymming sessions. Somehow the few day's break made me feel kinda recharged and I was able to really up the intensity of my recent sessions. It's a strange thing but somehow one can get obsessed with training once you realise you can control/ignore the pain to a certain extent. Some folks call this a 'runner's high' and I think it doesn't just apply to running, it could be climbing, cycling, etc... I remember an article about this female triathlete who commented that you've got to enjoy pain to do triathlons and I think somehow being able to control these feelings of pain and fatigue makes one feel formidable, or at least that's how I feel. It does help that the hours here are shorter and I have lots of time on my hands to do some training for the better half of a week.
The majority of folks who exercise obviously do not intend to put themselves in an ultra stressful enviroment but it's amazing how much punishment the human body can take but that is only if one wants to take it. Each time you try to push yourself harder I think you consciously or subconsciously discover something about yourself and your mind, but I think you'd need a little time to understand what I'd call "the pleasure of pain", try it and it'd make you feel more alive than you've ever did....
My back problems came back suddenly last week and made me sorta ease off on my gymming sessions. Somehow the few day's break made me feel kinda recharged and I was able to really up the intensity of my recent sessions. It's a strange thing but somehow one can get obsessed with training once you realise you can control/ignore the pain to a certain extent. Some folks call this a 'runner's high' and I think it doesn't just apply to running, it could be climbing, cycling, etc... I remember an article about this female triathlete who commented that you've got to enjoy pain to do triathlons and I think somehow being able to control these feelings of pain and fatigue makes one feel formidable, or at least that's how I feel. It does help that the hours here are shorter and I have lots of time on my hands to do some training for the better half of a week.
The majority of folks who exercise obviously do not intend to put themselves in an ultra stressful enviroment but it's amazing how much punishment the human body can take but that is only if one wants to take it. Each time you try to push yourself harder I think you consciously or subconsciously discover something about yourself and your mind, but I think you'd need a little time to understand what I'd call "the pleasure of pain", try it and it'd make you feel more alive than you've ever did....
posted by zanious at 8:52 AM
1 Comments:
heh.... lance armstrong sums it all up saying that "Pain is self revelatory." Its really a strange thing i think we slowly kinda ling wu ever since we started running. Now i think im abit "Pain tai" cuz everytime i see PGP slope i chiong faster. its shiok!! heh heh... revel in misery, savour the pain. ;]
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