09/09/2020
A B O U T S T R E N G T H⠀
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When we talk about strength, we generally talk about “it” in one capacity: how much weight you can move.⠀
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With little regards to how you move, where you move, or what “to move” actually means.⠀
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Fitness, lifting weights, getting stronger, getting more fit are all important and they are all aspects, but they are not the only things available to us.⠀
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They are not the only things that matter in the context of physical culture, they are parts, but only parts of the practice.⠀
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Maybe training is about the vulnerability it can show us, the simplest of tasks become daunting, our breathing becomes shallow as we work through a problem.⠀
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It comes down to what we learn from it. ⠀
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We could easily drop the 20 pounds we want and still over the course of those 4 months have wasted enormous amounts of time and energy on practices that were unsuitable and unsustainable, training that was superficial and unappreciable.⠀
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It comes down to conversations. To experiencing our own bodies, our own limitations in our minds, our own trust, our own potential. It’s not about lifting weights, it’s about exploring ourselves and the world surrounding us with clearer vision and a more open mind.⠀
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