Everything revolves around training. No training = deep depression for me. The gym is my cathedral, my safe place. I'm a member of 3 gyms and everybody knows me at all of them. I don't party or go out. I'm at the gym at 9pm on Friday night.

I can't tell you how many coed softball leagues I've declined, or water skiing outings I've passed on because I might get injured.

Maybe I need a support group and an intervention?

During my years of mx racing I busted my self up many times causing me to have to take weeks/months off at a time to heal and recover. I really didn't think much of it back then as I didn't have much to lose. It was just part of the game. Now days I'm so afraid of hurting myself because I know I will have to sacrifice time I do not have to take off setting me back not only physically but financially. I'm at a point in my life that I worry about tomorrow today. If I'm laid up hurt I fell I'm pretty much worthless.

Did my meniscus doing squats, and yeah straight away I was thinking well that's that for legs for a while. Was almost a year before I started back on legs and their still lagging behind. I wear jogger not shorts nowadays.

Slowly but surely I'll get to a point were im happy again with them. The muscular wastage is so fast, if you can't even walk and need crutches you'll see this yourself. But with time and muscle memory you'll be fine if there's no lasting damage, you should be able to go beast on them once you've broke them back in, there's lasting damage on my part so it's going to be slow going forever on.

Best of luck, hope it's just a minor injury.

when I'm out riding and realize I'm doing stupid crazy shit I shouldn't be doing. the thought that makes me take it down is notch is the thought of not being able to lift, not the fact that I could die. so I guess I can relate

I know what you mean as you put in all this time and you fear muscle loss ,strength loss, just being in peak condition. I've been there but I always think that I'll come back more motivated. I like taking time off to give my body a break however as the most I did willingly was 30 days and normally take 2 weeks off like after every 3-4months. But have no fear or doubts and let that ankle heal

It's normal, I sold the motorbike for fear of injuries and not be able to train, and often avoid dangerous situations (even useless discussions with other people) that could hurt me.

But not everything in life can be prevented or avoided, often at the hands of other people and not ours, or just misfortune.

Bodybuilding should teach us the first thing to be strong, not physically, but also mentally, and faced with the difficulties of life you have to really pull out the balls and prove to be able to go ahead anyway.

Real men are seen in the difficulties, not when all is good.

If happen to get injuries, you have to be able to enjoy in other aspects of life and be happy anyway...often we give too much importance to training without considering that life is made up of lots of beautiful things that can make us feel good and feel satisfied.

Sorry for my bad english

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