"It hurts, but I'll work through it,"

"It hurts, but I'll work through it," is not a sign of toughness!

"Today's Take Home"- "It hurts, but I'll work through it," is not a sign of toughness. It's a sign of stupidity.

You ever have a fun weekend at the lake with family and friends and get an embarrassing injury doing something stupid? Tweak your back jumping out of the boat? Strain your wrist catching yourself as you fell? Then you show up at the gym on Monday with your training program and that little injury becomes a major issue when you try to press or squat? As the old saying goes, "Don't poke the bear." If you poke the bear, eventually he'll bite. If you don't respect that nagging injury, eventually something will break.

It's not the end of the world! Find a similar alternative that doesn't cause pain and is something you can do. You don't have to do exactly what you had planned. There are no workout police! Your wrist hurts from the fall? Can't bench press? Do Tricep extensions instead. It's still a pressing movement. Maybe you need to spend more time on your triceps anyway? Realistically the wrist issue will heal up in a week and you'll be back to benching. Train smarter.

Fire it up! Anything worth doing is worth doing right, so Don't suck! Good talk!