IT WAS MY OBSESSION WITH THE LEADERBOARD IN CROSSFIT THAT HAD ME INJURED AND IN POOR CONDITION MORE TIMES THAN ENOUGH. IT WAS ONLY WHEN I HAD HURT MY BACK SO BADLY, THAT I WAS FORCED TO ASK THE QUESTION... WHY DO I TRAIN? WHAT’S OF MOST VALUE TO ME. WHAT GOOD IS ALL THIS TRAINING IF, IN A MOMENT, IT GOT TAKEN AWAY.
AS A COACH, I AM CRYSTAL CLEAR ON WHAT I WANT FOR ANY ATHLETE I TRAIN. LONGEVITY. TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION, LIFT AND MOVE WELL...FOR AS LONG TIME AS POSSIBLE.
IT DOES NOT SERVE ME OR MY ATHLETES WELL, TO LEAVE THEM IN SUCH A MESS AFTER A WORKOUT, THAT THEY ARE IN TERRIBLE PAIN AND UNABLE TO RETURN, EITHER TO THEIR DAY TO DAY LIFE OR TO THEIR NEXT SESSION.
RATHER THAN ALWAYS NEEDING TO BE TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD, MY AIM IS TO BE ON THE LEADERBOARD IN 20 YEARS TIME.
LONGEVITY.
IT IS WITH THIS IN MIND I AM DRAWN TO MATTHEW 16, WHERE JESUS ASKS THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS OF VALUE. WHAT GOOD IS IT TO GAIN ALL THESE THINGS, BUT FORFEIT YOUR SOUL. WHAT GOOD IS IT TO CHASE WEALTH, CAREERS, RELATIONSHIPS, EXPERIENCES, FOR IT ALL TO END ONE DAY AND DISAPPEAR.
SO I ASK YOU. IF YOU BELIEVE TO ANY DEGREE THAT YOU ARE MORE THAN A PHYSICAL BODY. IF YOU DARE TO BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SOUL. WHAT GOOD IS IT TO CHASE JUST PHYSICAL ASPIRATIONS, CHISELLED ABS, THE BIGGEST BENCH PRESS, THE FASTEST MILE...FOR IT TO ONE DAY FADE AWAY?
WHAT IF WE WERE TO INVEST AS HEAVILY IN TO OUR SOULS THAT WILL LAST FOREVER, THAN A BODY THAT WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL.
IF YOU ARE READY TO TAKE THAT QUESTION SERIOUSLY...WE ARE READY TO NAVIGATE THE NEXT PART OF THAT JOURNEY WITH YOU.
