这不是运动;这是'训练'

In the run-up to Christmas, the airwaves are full of advertisements meant to tug on the strings and bows of holiday hearts. Soft lighting, twinkling lights, joyous music, and re-recycled sentimentalities are employed to entice us into whichever store to buy whatever products.

我期待着看到营销部门在前12个月内提出的内容。事实上，正如我们不拥有电视的那样，我必须在网上寻找这些广告，并在全面的串行假期情绪敲诈勒斯突击中获取它们。因为我在网上找到它们，他们的原籍国（和语言）不仅限于我自己的国家。

Purpose and Intent Are a Potent Source of Motivation

Every year seems to have a standout offering, and 2021 was no different. My favorites aren’t always those most popular (or effective, I suppose), but one always touches me like no other. This year it was a nearlythree-minute novella for a German pharmacy chain（我知道，对吗？）对我最大响亮。

我不会破坏结局，但会说它专注于一个较老的绅士和壶铃重量，很多邻国的兴趣......

激起我是他新发现（和几乎一朗之一）的意图 - 和磨难 - 他的体重训练。他对他的运动的宗旨和意图似乎是新的一年的适当话题，因为我们许多人都希望变得更好，锻炼更多，或失去一些体重。

Why I’m ‘Training’ Rather Than ‘Exercising’

I have decided to look at my post-holidays reestablished physical routine as “training” rather than exercise. It’s a small word change, but a wholly different meaning if you think about it.

Exercise can be seen as a chore, a slog, something we do for the sake of its being “good for us” rather than with a firm goal in mind. Training, on the other hand, brings to mind athletes striving toward championships, mountaineers preparing for a summit, or a military force readying for battle. Training has a purpose, while exercise can just be a routine.

As a person living withmultiple sclerosis (MS)for over 20 years, it mayn’t seem like I’d be one to train for any of the above, and I am not.

What I do train for, however, are the things in my life that those without a debilitating neurological condition would likely not think need such preparations and exertion.

How Can Exercise Move You Toward Your Personal Goals?

Many of us with MS might use this change in thinking to our physical benefit.

Some of us may want to get stronger so we can lift our children (or grandchildren, or other tykes dear to us). Some would see endurance work as a means to the end of walking the dog. Others might see yoga and stretching as having desired sexual benefits.

也许在您未来存在手术或其他医疗程序，该地区的建筑肌肉将使更快，更高效的恢复时间。

I’ve one dear friend who loves to eat, so much so that she works out for two hours per day most days so that she can eat whatever and whenever she likes. It works, as you’d never know by looking at her that she could put it away like a linebacker. She is as fit a person as I know. Training!

我所处的是有一个目标，这是一个帮助我们的个人理由wantto do the physical activity that we know is beneficial to us. If we replace the top of K2 with a bluff from which we can watch the sunset, or substitute a pleasurable romantic encounter for a gymnastics medal, well, you get the picture.

I’m Ready to Try Out This New Mindset

I’m not a New Year’s resolution type of guy, although I have nothing against those who do make them.

I do believe, however, that I’ll have more drive and reason to start and finish the daily physiotherapy routines I’ve been assigned if I focus on the specific benefits in my life, beyond everyday balance and endurance, and the things that might come easier (or better) for the work I’m doing.

所以2022年将看到我停止锻炼并开始培训对我来说重要的事情。你呢？

Wishing you and your family the best of health.

Cheers,

trevis.

我的书，Chef Interrupted, is available onAmazon. Follow me on theLife With MS Facebook page和on推特，并阅读更多Life With Multiple Sclerosis.