This is Why Exercise Can’t Cure Illness
I realized, “Why the hell am I trying to do squats with a piece of driftwood on my back when I can’t even go grocery shopping?”
I realized, “Why the hell am I trying to do squats with a piece of driftwood on my back when I can’t even go grocery shopping?”
I may be physically weak but I’m getting stronger and as much as I miss lifting heavy weight, there is something inspiring about starting from scratch and working my way back up.
“Excuse me?” a soft voice says coming from behind me. I slowly turn to face a woman wearing matching workout attire and a disgusted look on her face. “It seems the gentleman in the motorized wheelchair, um, well, it looks like he’s . . . he’s tracking feces all over the gym,” the well-mannered woman …
I can still feel the cold metal between my hands. I can smell the sweaty clothes in my gym bag and see particles of lifting chalk sprinkling through the air. The taste of artificially flavored pre-workout supplement lingers in my mouth. Out of the corner of my eye I spot a lovely female figure gliding …