I’m learning a lot about strength and rest these days. Seems these two words are opposites, but in truth, they are simply on opposite sides of the same coin. Either you have the coin or you don’t!

Last year I became the strongest I’d been in two decades. Physically. Emotionally. Spiritually. My gym workouts were impressive, considering my disability, if I do say so myself! At the same time, I dealt with some of the biggest life challenges. Then at the end of the year I had a simple surgery that turned into a permanent nerve injury. I’ve been off my workout plan for five months. I thought I was preventing deconditioning by walking.

Then this week hit. The week I decided to go back to working out, and learning to live with my additional disability. I did my first weightlifting workout. No problem, right? Wrong! I woke up the next day, and every muscle reminded me of the 145 days that had elapsed since my last weightlifting date. Wah-wah. The next day, I did a video exercise routine. Wowzer.

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