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Have you ever noticed how we willingly sign up for a very specific type of pain, when in general, pain is the very thing we spend our lives trying to avoid?

We crawl out of warm beds to lift heavy things. We run until our lungs burn. We push ourselves to the point of exhaustion. And we do it on purpose. This willingness to choose pain on purpose is one of the greatest lessons that exercise can teach us, and it got me thinking about the profound lessons hidden in our choice to embrace physical discomfort.

Listen in this week to hear how every rep, every mile, and every bead of sweat is teaching you something beyond fitness. You'll discover why willingly walking into discomfort changes your brain's relationship with pain, how physical challenges teach you to handle emotional challenges, and what your workout habits reveal about how you handle challenges everywhere else in your life.

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