Do you know what kept me going?
Being mentally strong, physically healthy and being focused on my fundamentals that delivered me success in sport, now delivered me success in life.
Very soon I moved, I changed jobs, I graduated, I become a personal trainer, I had my own place to stay and I didn't have to go to work at 2:30am in the morning anymore, life felt pretty good.
Then, in my 30s the most unexpected but eventually a wonderful thing has happened. I fell in love and we had a baby girl. Is it cliché to say my whole life has changed again?
All of sudden I went back supporting 3 people on 1 income.
Now I’m back, working multiple jobs.
I find myself not taking care of myself.
I am back working so hard as a personal trainer and I am getting injured.
I am exhausted at night. I don’t see my daughter and not spending the time with her she deserves.
Suddenly, I am back feeling like what I went through as a kid. Not in a good way.
Then, I realised something. I needed to go back to my fundamentals.
I needed to get back being mentally strong, being physically healthy and taking care of myself.
I realised that if I was not going to be strong and healthy myself, then I could not be strong, healthy, productive and successful for my family.
I am on that journey now.
I am healthier today then I was two years ago. I have less injuries. I have a little more time and I am still working on that.
I have also learnt something incredible.
I have discovered that, the only thing that ever matched the feeling I had when I heard the sound of the cheering crowd as a world champion is the look in my daughter’s eyes when we get to spend time together. It’s not the same, nor comparable, one aren't better than the other.
But……..
My request as a kid was to be someone that mattered and now I know I am someone!
Not because of the medals, not because of the world championship, not because I got the job, but because I am healthy, happy, mentally strong, focused and present enough with my daughter to be someone for her.
That is the transformation I want to help you, my clients and my students with.
This goes beyond health, goes beyond physical training and being the buffest guy in the gym.