I checked out of the library years ago the book The Champion’s Comeback.

A setback is not the end of the world or of your life. It’s the end of the end of the world and life as you used to know it. The benefit of living through a trial is that afterward we have the ability to create a better routine than the one we had that no longer serves us.

While we can’t predict when a setback will occur we can expect that setbacks will occur. It’s how we respond to a challenge that determines the outcome not how severe the obstacle was to begin with. Resilience is called for.

I happen to think that everyone is a champion simply because we’ve gotten in the ring. It doesn’t matter whether we win or lose; the fact is each of us is a champion because we risked fighting to get what we want.

Coming back after a setback as said takes time patience hard work and determination. The playing field is truly level when you compete against yourself–the person you were yesterday–and no one else.

The healthier you are to begin with I believe a fitness setback will not be as severe as it was for a person in ill health. I call achieving a baseline of health “establishing the floor” of what you’re capable of. It’s the solid ground on which each of us stands.

Often the old life has ended because it’s become unlivable. Cheers to having the courage to risk making positive changes.

Coming up how I redesigned my approach to lifting weights.