STOP AVOIDING THE DOCTOR
WE'RE IN GREAT SHAPE, eating right, sleeps on. We should get sick, or battle any kind of illness...
... we ignore the signs.
Because dawgawnit we're better than that.
No we're not.
This is gross, but hear me out.
Literally.
My hearing had been getting really bad.
ChatGPT said it was probably residual effects from the flu a few weeks back,
and lingering runny nose and cough.
Today it was just unbearable.
Couldn't even hear myself wheeze as I was laying down the heavy watts on Wednesday Worlds.
Caved.
Saw doc.
What seems to be the problem?
Huh, can you please speak louder.
WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM!?
Can't hear.
Lemme look.
OK.
Yuck... you go to the beach a lot.
Yep.
We gotta clean that gunk out.
30 minutes, a fire hose and a stick of dynamite later...
... I can hear!
I told you that, so I could tell you this...
There was a 40ish year-old man who longed to be Ironman World Champion for his age group.
He was a perennial top 10er.
One year he noticed that people who swam, rode or ran through the pain eventually had to quit the sport.
His goal suddenly became attainable because he focused on...
... always, instantly addressing pain or things not working.
At 70, mission accomplished.
Championship won.
Got it?
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162. lbs/12.3%
760 Anti-Oxidant Score
8ish hours sleep
√ Upper Body: 40 push ups, 10 pull ups, gripper, heel & toe raises
Lower Body: split squats, step ups
81/76/5 per Strava