"Don't count t♎he days, make the days count," Marquez said in a social media post, the first document of him exercising his right arm since𝓰 removing his sling post-surgery.

He also showed himself swimmin🤡g, nine♕ weeks after his surgery.

Marquez’s most recent surgery, his fourth on his troublesome right arm, was the most serious and led to concern that he would never be fit t🌄o race in MotoGP a✅gain.

Marquez had been racing this season with his bone 30 degrees out of place - eventually the pain forced him to step back after the Italian GP ღat Mugell൩o, and he travelled to the US to go under the knife.

His bone was cut,🦋 rotated and fixed back into place.

The eight-time world cha💎mpion has documented his recovery ever since. Early pictures showed his arm in a sling with a horrifying scar.

He was later able to rehab his healthy left arm,💟 but this week has stepped up his recovery by exercising the🐼 damaged arm.

Th🎐ere is hope at Repsol Honda﷽, and in the MotoGP paddock, that he could be back on a bike at the Misano tests in September.

He has previously said about h🦩is rehab: “My current feeling is one of hope. Because of the way I was riding and competing, I didn’t see myself as being on the bike for much longer - maybe another year or tꦯwo. 

“After the intervention in Rochester, the🎐 hope is there that I can continue competing without pain and have fun on the bike.

“Sometimes I stop to think about motivation and in my case, the only🎐 conclusion I reach is that mine comes from passion and enthusiasm. 

“It remains the same as it has been for more💧 than ten years. It also pushes me to think about the goal, which is to have fun and compete at a good level, without suffering or having pain.”