I'm a firm believer that very often the anticipation and anxiety around how long the pain will last hurts way more than the pain itself.

And I think intrinsically we know this.

When we know the sprint or push-up hold or wall sit will only last 15 seconds,

makes the discomfort exponentially more tolerable. And it does so immediately. It's like, oh, 15 seconds?

Okay, no problem. But if someone just yells out, start sprinting and don't stop until I tell

you to. Do a push-up hold or a wall sit

until you hear a whistle. Your mind immediately becomes consumed with how long will this last?

What if it's three minutes, five, ten, then what? The task itself, regardless of how challenging,

is almost always manageable.

There's a quick little anecdote for you that brought this to the forefront of my mind again.

So, yesterday I had a migraine, and it's been a long time since I've had one, but something triggered it, and it hit me, you know.

And it was the usual, you know, room started spinning, head pounding, pulsing right behind my

eyes, which, you know, the light started bothering me so much that I had to keep them closed

for most of the day. Yesterday was a lost day.

And it came on during my morning workout, 7 a.m. intervals.

And it was just a tough experience, right?

My trainer's having me go from jump squats to decline push-ups to sprints and on and on.

And it's a workout that's hard enough to do when you feel incredible, right you're energized and feel like a million bucks you know let alone a headache that's almost debilitating right and the

internal dialogue immediately emerged like hey say right? Do we call it off?

Imagine how this is going to feel 40 minutes from now.

It's going to be unbearable.

You can't do this.

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