What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

New year's resolution time is here, and one of the top goals is self improvement in some way. Some people want to try and kick a bad habit, or change a specific behavior, and of course there are the people that have decided that they are going to finally lose the excess weight they don't want hanging around anymore. These are good goals, but unfortunately they don't often last longer than a few weeks, because we don't see the progress that we were hoping to, so we give up. It's not that we can't do it.

The biggest problem is often our approach of trying to do it all at once, but our bodies don't work that way. We have to work up to our goals. We are made of habits, and those take time to develop for both good and bad. If we expect things to change all at once we fall back into old habits. Our bodies can do some great things, but it takes a little time to make it work.

Our bodies are amazing. For the most part they are strong and healthy, and we don't have to do very much to sustain it. We can push the limits of our body through the things we do everyday, and our bodies will try to adapt to the strain. For instance starting a new workout may cause you to be sore for the first few days, but after awhile your body gets used to it, and you aren't sore anymore.

I used to think that "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" was just a fancy phrase that body builders, and dare devils used to make themselves feel better, but even the average Joe can implement this into their lives.

I'm not a body builder, and I don't regularly go to the gym, but I strongly believe that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Over the past few months I have seen just how a body can adapt to make itself stronger. It's not that I have spent hours at the gym trying to grow stronger, but I did increase my strength just by what I do everyday.

For my job I spend about four hours a day biking around the city. Biking isn't too bad, but most of the city is uphill, so it makes it a little difficult. When I first started, everything hurt. If I moved my fingers or toes, my whole body would ache. My joints would all creak all throughout the day, and some days the idea of moving seemed impossible. Some days I would wonder if I could make it home before my body decided to give up, because I was pushing it too hard.

Little by little my body started to get used to it. Over time I could bike up the really steep hills, instead of walking my bike up the hill. I would feel a little better at the end of my shift the more often I went out. Now I can go out and bike around, and not have to worry about how bad my muscles will hurt by the end. I know they still might be a little sore, but it won't be as severe as it was when I first started.

Our bodies are amazing things, but sometimes they aren't ready for everything we throw at them. As long as we are aware of what we are doing to them, they will be able to grow stronger. Overdoing it all in one day doesn't really help, because you will most likely not continue doing the same load, because your body is sore, and you won't feel like doing it, so here's a little advice to strengthen your body without overdoing it.

1. Make a regular exercise schedule. If you only exercise every once in a blue moon, you won't see any results.
2. Make a goal. If you want to accomplish something with your workout, you should probably have a specific goal in mind, so you have something to work towards.
3. Don't over do it. If you push your body too hard it will hurt it more than help it.
4. Don't give up. If you mess up a little on your goal, don't let it be the end. Keep going!
5. Find an exercise program you like. If you hate doing something, trying to make it a regular part of your life will ultimately fail, because you won't want to do it.
6. Keep motivated. As soon as you lose your motivation, you lose your exercise program.
7. Make it fun. If something is fun, it doesn't seem as hard to do.

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