The best thing about going to the gym is the feeling you get when you’re leaving the gym. No, it’s not the burn of sweating your behind off on the treadmill, nor is it feeling your arms shake as you max out your bench press. No, it’s the feeling after. You’ve showered, you’ve changed, and you feel like a million bucks.

This is what the gym rats don’t want you to know. They make you think that you have to enjoy pain to enjoy going to the gym. To enjoy the feeling that your heart might explode. Maybe this is true for some absolute freaks, but most regular gymgoers don’t love pain, they love satisfaction. They love knowing that it’s over and they don’t have to do it again until the next day. At least that’s how I feel. It’s one of the rare cases where it’s not the journey, it’s the destination.