![]() ![]() Don’t give up, don’t quit, keep pushing through the pain.” “C’mon men, embrace the suck, push past the pain and make something of yourselves. You’ll find “ embrace the suck” as the title of many blog posts and used all over social media online. Instead of giving up on that last set, embrace the suck and lift it. To embrace the suck means to endure the pain and suffering caused by athletic workouts. The images will usually feature a grainy photo of some jacked guy ready to go to battle or suffering through athletic hardship. Life is a balance of risk and reward, and the more you sacrifice today, the better off you will be tomorrow.Įmbrace the suck is another one of the cliché fitness terms you’ll see pasted across many posters. MeaningĮmbrace the suck means to enjoy the pain while it lasts because it’s making you stronger. This post unpacks everything you need to know about this idiomatic expression’s origin, meaning, and use. Think of the glorious tales you’ll be able to tell around the fire one day.Are you at the gym, and your friend is complaining about how hard the workout is today? If that’s the case, you could always tell him to “ embrace the suck” and get on with the training. ![]() There’s always value to the things you work hard for. When we shun the suck, or run, or hide from it, we could be missing out. Embrace the pain, the failures, and the sorrows because they are all making you better. We are living clay that is constantly being refined by our experiences both negative and positive. Just like that tool in the blacksmith’s forge, we are either being heated or pounded and shaped so that we can become something useful. Remember our purpose here is always to become better. With the perspective of time, I can see how I have grown. Even on a lot of those painful experiences. Personally, I look back on my military career with great fondness. Through the perspective of time, we can even look back fondly on some of the suckiest of sucks. Sometimes we just have to endure it and wait it out. Point is, find your motivation to get you through the physical suck.Īlways remember, the clock cannot be stopped. We’ve been married twenty years and I will gladly embrace the physical suck to make her happy. If you quit, don’t come home.” That’s some good motivation for you. When I went to Selection, my wife told me, “Don’t quit. I get out of bed in the morning no matter how painful it is because I must provide for my family. What gets us through it is having that motivator of why we are doing it. On the other end, you may be doing an endurance race or some other long, grueling physical activity. Some of us, the suck might be just getting out of bed in the morning. We’re all in different ranges of that spectrum. ![]() The painful experience of doing something physically challenging. One of the most common and relatable is the physical suck. There have been like 12 billion people who have been on this planet, odds are, someone has experienced your suck and possibly even written a book about it. Key point is, when you feel alone and overwhelmed, sometimes the best thing is to find someone or some power to unburden yourself to. Me, personally, my belief in a higher power has been a huge win. You may be the only one experiencing that particular suck at that moment, but there are people all around you who are willing to help. We may feel that we are alone and singled out by the suck. I find now, as a leader, father, man, focusing on others’ needs is a salve that eases the agony of the suck. I was able to focus not on myself but on others. By doing these small acts and serving those that were in the suck with me, I felt better. Whether it was a kind word, taking something heavy out of his ruck and putting it in mine, or carrying his M240 for a mile. I would find myself, on a daily basis, looking for a brother who was in the suck with me who needed a little boost. There’s nothing you can do to change the situation and the misery, but you can help others. When I went to Selection and later in the Q-Course, I discovered my personal preferred method. By comparing our situation to others, it doesn’t change our misery, but it helps us to recognize that there is a worse place we could be in. “I’m in a bad situation right now but compared to that guy who’s on fire, my life is not that bad.” So, by gaining perspective it helps us deal with difficult circumstances. This is a very basic way of coping with hard times. This gave us more motivation to endure the suck of the long run. What this meant was that every time someone fell out of the run and we passed them, when they quit and we did not, you gained a piece of their soul. ![]() When I was a young soldier in the 82nd Airborne, on long runs, we would joke about stealing souls. ![]()
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