In my late 20’s I thought taking walks was lame. I coached Olympic and National level athletes and everything we did was about optimizing physical performance.  This meant the most effective cardiovascular training, cutting edge power training and constant injury prevention. ...

The surgeon looked at me and said “you won’t be heavy lifting, running or racing anymore”.   My L4L5 and L5S1 discs were crushed.  I glared at him with a look that said “Oh really?” Clearly he didn’t know me well enough.

This was over 30 years in the...