I’m in the middle of my third day without tics. Nearly 70 hours.
“Yeah, but it probably won’t last, right?” someone asked me yesterday. “Then you’re no better off than you were before.”
What a way to look at life. That it’s not worth getting excited about the small victories.
Whatever. Life’s too short. There’s no time to be entangled and trapped in other people’s thoughts. If something makes me feel good, improves my quality of life, gets the results I want, and is fun, it’s foolish to worry what anyone else thinks about it.
If you enjoy what you’re doing, it isn’t wrong. That applies to Crossfitters, RKCs, powerlifters, strongmen, runners, the Gym Movement crew, gymnasts, fighters, and anyone else who loves how they are training.
If you want the best results possible, I do believe we have found the way, but I don’t need anyone else to believe it or practice it to keep me going.
It will either spread on its own merits or vanish. It’s not going to come down to marketing or hype.
Don’t worry about what anyone else thinks about your training. It’s your life, your energy, and your time. Do what makes you happy and tune the noise out. Real life doesn’t happen online.
Go have fun, lift heavy, and be well.
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“Yeah, but it probably won’t last, right?” someone asked me yesterday. “Then you’re no better off than you were before.”
Who would think such a thing, let alone say it? Wow, what a douche. I think I’ll try saying that to someone who’s lost a lot of weight, lifted a heavy weight, struck it rich, in remission, found the love of their life, etc, etc, etc.
It was actually a semi-friend who says a lot of stuff without realizing what it sounds like. They were actually wondering. I won’t hold it against them. I think they’d be mortified if they knew it had bothered me. I’m just not going to think like he does, that’s all.
Ah, well, I guess I have some friends like that too. We all have our moments I guess.
Josh, outstanding job. It is such a huge shift from your Christmas video struggling to go 60 seconds which was a powerful display of will power, to effortlessly go days with no ticks.
Only gets better from here.
yep.
At what point does the frequency grow low enough that its not even considered abnormal?
Hard to say. Depending on who you ask, as many as 1 out of 100 people have something that could be diagnosed as Tourette’s. The experts can’t agree on where it starts and where it ends. For most people, it wouldn’t be worth the trouble of the diagnosis. They don’t need treatment and it’s more of a quirk than anything.
But despite some claims I’ve made to the contrary, I suspect I’ll always be abnormal in some way:)
I’m not even sure what to say anymore.
The usual accolades just don’t apply when the ground has shifted below them.
Good work? You don’t have to work at it.
Nice job? It’s certainly not a job.
Keep it up? Why wouldn’t you keep it up? Might as well say keep breathing.
Agreed. At this point, I’m not even sure I could reverse it if I tried. And other than a couple of very minor tweaks, I’m basically on day 4 now. And while there are big tics here and there, most of what I’m experiencing is about as minor as the little fidgets that everyone has some of.
josh
not much to say, amazing you help me everyday to get better