Lifestyle client that came from surgical rehabilitation (L3-L4 spinal fusion). My workouts took me out of a state of pain, and keep me away from it. Movement is the key to staying out of pain, muscular strength protects my spine, mobility keeps my body doing all of the occupational things I want to do. I do not view my workouts as recreational or optional, but rather therapeutic prevention and mandatory. I also think that the subject of pain is very complex. Good muscular pain from a new workout? 👍 Bad muscular pain because you did not do an exercise correctly or were not paying attention during the movement? 👎 Pain is a signal and you have to decode the message.

Multivitamin, Iron (for anemia), oregano oil, Omega 3-6-9 oil, B-Complex, soluble and insoluble fiber, creatine

I divide failure into a few different categories. First is the scientific method of developing a hypothesis, testing, failing or succeeding in the test, re-evaluating said hypothesis (facts and assumptions) to take in test data, and repeating. There, failure is success in that it is helping with your perception of your beliefs/process/method/business model, etc. Another type of failure is the physical one. I think of this as finding your edge. Push your limits (range of motion, ability to move weight, balance, distance) towards their maximum, and then back off so that you can be in a safe space and improve your ability to do the task at hand. Edges change all the time, so I believe you have to constant be aware of where they are. Finally, we can have moral failures to live up to the standards that we set for ourselves or promise to love ones. As human beings, we make mistakes. It's learning from those failures that makes us better people, and to avoid them in the future.