Not every workout has to go to eleven. I say this a lot, but I seem to need to keep saying it. I blame the white supremacist heteronormative capitalist patriarchy and its tool, the Protestant work ethic. To be clear: yes, I want everyone to work out and to do a good job of it. No, I don’t want every workout to be the hardest one ever or to leave us wiped out for the next three weeks, or worse, injured.
We are valuable humans even if we keep lifting the same five pound weights forever. We are worthwhile whether or not we ever succeed at running around the block, or a mile, or a marathon. There is no moral superiority to be gained by mastering the secrets of Zumba or yoga or spin class.
In other words, there are no grades for workouts. We do not have to be the six-million-dollar people (better… stronger… faster…).
What we do have to do is show up.
Get your gear and go play.
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