Veronika Jordaan, The Pain Cave (PEOPLE 2022)

My husband and I have kindled a love for fitness, especially that of Crossfit. We have recently set up a home gym on our property and have had to learn a new, deeper level of commitment to fitness. We have had to search within us for a deeper level of discipline to train at home, even when no one was waiting for us. We have had to learn how to enter willingly into those spaces humans don't like to enter, because it takes too much effort. My husband's term for such spaces is "the pain cave". As we continued to work out together and found within us these new levels of discipline and commitment, I so longed to capture that moment when you enter into the "pain cave" willingly. After a few years of training we both know that when you have the courage to enter into the “pain cave” you are stronger at the other end of it.

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