Why Did I Need A Professional To Tell Me What I Instinctively Knew

My body has been feeling sore a lot lately which has me wondering if this is old age setting in. I turned 65 in April and started to convince myself that I am getting old. I’ve never thought that before so why am I suddenly thinking a milestone birthday would make such a difference.

I connected with a physiotherapist at my gym and decided to go see him to see if there was something else that could be going on with me.

As I sat there answering his questions, the thought came to me that I wasn’t taking enough rest between workouts. I walk 10,000 steps every day, do 45 minutes of physio for my knees each morning and go to Orange Theory three times a week.

Of course I wasn’t taking enough rest! I used to do three days exercise, then one day of rest, and I stopped taking those rest days. My body wasn’t getting any time to recover; no wonder I am sore.

At the end of the appointment, the physiotherapist told me exactly what I’d already figured out…I needed more rest. Turns out I had my answer all along…I was deferring to an expert when I already knew what to do.

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Do you do that? Believe it when it comes from an expert versus your own self-knowing? Next time, before you run off to see someone, tap into your own inner wisdom…the answer is there.

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The irony for some people is that the very thing that they want the coaching for (an indecisive, half-hearted life) is what’s keeping them from deciding whether to get coaching.

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