Pain and Danger

So, every experience has something from which to draw, right? In terms of fitness, I channeled some old boyfriends as I visited the gym today. Workout trick of the day = high jump with jump rope. Now our gym is small, and the jump ropes are very thin rubber. So I ran the high risk of whipping several undergrads as they proceeded through their tough workouts of the day.

I remember doing this same workout as an undergrad, where I would run a lap around the track (1/8 mile) and then jump 50-100 times. As I got stronger, I would lift my knees. This led to extreme pain. I sneezed one night as I was falling asleep, and I screamed, like someone has disembowled me.

Today I felt the pain too. I had just completed three sets of modified crunches and then jumped about 80 times. I tried to breathe deeply into my abdomen, and it hurt! This is great, however it may sound. Painful muscles = fatigued muscles = muscles that are getting stronger. Bring on the pain, and thank you short, hairy guy in a band, you will make my mid-section enviable.