No pain, no gain

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No pain, no gain (or "No gain without pain") is a proverb, used since the 1980s as an exercise motto that promises greater value rewards for the price of hard and even painful work. Under this conception competitive professionals, such as athletes and artists, are required to endure pain (physical suffering) and stress (mental/emotional suffering) to achieve professional excellence. Medical experts agree that the proverb is mostly ineffective for exercise.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Exercise motto

It came into prominence after 1982 when actress Jane Fonda began to produce a series of aerobics workout videos. In these videos, Fonda would use "No pain, no gain" and "Feel the burn" as catchphrases for the concept of working out past the point of experiencing muscle aches.<ref name="ACFAOM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

It expresses the belief that solid large muscle is the result of training hard. Delayed onset muscle soreness is often used as a measure of the effectiveness of a workout.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In terms of the expression used for development, the discomfort caused may be beneficial in some instances while detrimental in others. Detrimental pain can include joint pain. Beneficial pain usually refers to that resulting from tearing microscopic muscle fibers, which will be rebuilt more densely, making a bigger muscle.

The expression has been adopted in a variety of sports and fitness activities, beginning in 1982 to present day.

David B. Morris wrote in The Scientist in 2005, Template:"'No pain, no gain' is an American modern mini-narrative: it compresses the story of a protagonist who understands that the road to achievement runs only through hardship."<ref name="TheScientist2005">Template:Cite journal</ref> The concept has been described as being a modern form of Puritanism.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Origin

The ancient Greek poet Hesiod (c. 750-650 BC) expresses this idea in Works and Days where he wrote:

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In 1577 British poet Nicholas Breton wrote: "They must take pain that look for any gain."<ref name="Speake2015">Template:Cite book</ref>

One of the earliest attestations of the phrase comes from the poet Robert Herrick in his "Hesperides". In the 1650 edition, a two-line poem was added:

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A version of the phrase was crafted by Benjamin Franklin, in his persona of Poor Richard (1734), to illustrate the axiom "God helps those who help themselves":

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In 1853 R. C. Trench wrote in On Lessons in Proverbs iv: "For the most part they courageously accept the law of labour, No pains, no gains,—No sweat, no sweet, as the appointed law and condition of man's life."<ref name="Speake2015"/>

In 1859 Samuel Smiles included “No pains no gains” in a list of proverbs about the secret to making money in his book Self-Help.

  • No Pain No Gain, a physics-based sandbox game developed by Rike Games, references the proverb in its title and theme of enduring challenge for progress.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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See also

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