Cold showers, pain cave exit

Life will beat, break, and try to defeat you, so it is best to prepare for when she comes swinging. I've been taking only cold showers since 1999. When I found myself in a coma after a rough crash in a pro cycling race in 2014 I knew that the tenacity I had instilled in myself would be a crucial mental aid in the fight that lay ahead of me. By voluntarily putting myself in the pain cave via Ironman triathlons, endurance sport, and taking only freezing cold showers I was somehow more comfortable once in the pain cave against my will. The mental resiliency I had invested in myself was of paramount importance as I clawed my way from a coma back into fitness, making a return to racing on the world stage. It is best store a few punches up your sleeve in the form of mental toughness that way when life comes swinging you can throw a few haymakers back. She might even respect you for it and move on to an easier target.