Getting Hurt: What to Do Now
Everyone gets hurt. It happens. You train too hard without rest days. You go for a move that’s a little out of your range. You fall off a drop onto a pile of rocks. There are many reasons for getting hurt. They all suck the same though. Anytime you are forced to chill and not train it’s hard. However with all that down time usually devoted to training, think of all the things you can accomplish! Having problems thinking of a few? No worries we are here to help. We’ve made a list of 30 things you can do to occupy your time:
- Start making plans for your next adventure. It will inspire you to get healthy again.
- Clean your gear (let’s face it that bike could really use a deep clean)
- Make a bucket list
- Become fluent in a new language
- Find a cookbook and make every recipe in there
- Take up knitting
- Watch a whole series on Netflix
- Balance your checkbook
- Call your mom
- Start making your own Kombucha
- Tie Dye everything you own
- Adopt a pet from your local animal shelter
- Learn how to use chop sticks
- Meditate 3 hours a day
- Join a club
- Cruise Facebook and see what all your old high school buddies are up to
- Write a fan letter to Alex Honnold
- Mail your fan letter to Alex Honnold
- See how many grapes you can fit in your mouth
- Master the guitar
- Watch funny cat videos on YouTube
- Train your new pet to do tricks
- Draw a pretty picture
- Complete a whole puzzle
- Prank call your climbing buddies
- Talk to a stranger and learn about their life
- Visit a nursing home
- Bake some bread
- Catch up on your zzzzzz’s
- Come to understand that you will get better. And in the meantime, there are a lot of other things you can do to fill your time.
Train hard. Rest well. Heal soon.
Written By: Lydia Huelskamp
