I have always had a passion for personal fitness, however, it was not until last year that this passion reached a true axiom point. In a pursuit to continue to improve and better myself, I found my workouts getting longer, the intensity higher, and the breaks shorter. Unfortunately, while I derived great joy from these fitness sessions, it was taking a significant toll on my body. Each day I felt more and more sore, and soon my body began to break down. I had hit the exhaustion phase of exercise without even noticing. Quite quickly I began accumulating a variety of injuries that ultimately culminated in an inability to participate in even the most moderate of exercise. This left me devastated, as a major part of my life, something I used to
