As many of you know I have really gotten into cycling over the past year. I have been training, reading and learning so much in the process…and I am loving it! The other day I was reading on of my favorite cycling blogs about “Are your tires over inflated”, and this statement really made me stop and think:

The manufacturer always prints the max psi on the sidewall of the tire. This is not a recommended pressure it is the maximum.

I don’t know about you, but typically I replace “maximum” for recommended! This is a great life lesson I am learning as well…maximum vs. recommended. Often times I am capable of pushing harder, further, longer or harder for “maximum” output – but is that really recommended? I do not think it is!

1 So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. 2 On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation. - Genesis 2:1-3

I am having to unlearn some really bad habits…and one of them is the tendency to replace recommended with maximum.