09/06/2023
๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ '๐ ๐๐๐ง'๐ญ'?! ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ.๐
In the video below, Iโm pushing a 405lb squat. Back then, heavy weights was music to my ears. Squatting over 400 and deadlifting over 500. That was my world, and I felt comfortable there.
But here's a reality I couldnโt escape: running. Every time I laced up and pounded the pavement for even just 3 miles, it was like my body was rebelling against me. My knees throbbed, cramps seized my muscles, and heck, even walking the next day felt like a challenge. So, I told myself the story: โIโm just not cut out for running.โ
But one day, I realized: I was hiding. Hiding from the uncomfortable, the unknown, the challenges that scared me. So, I decided to push back, to question my own stories, to lean into that discomfort. Because facing our fears, confronting what makes us squirm - that's where growth happens. That's how we become better versions of ourselves.
This Saturday, at 5:15 a.m., I'm diving headfirst into my discomfort. I'll be starting my first ever Ultra Trail race, covering a 50 miles. If you'd told me five years ago, that I'd be here, I would've laughed. Fifty miles seemed unthinkable.
So, hereโs my question to you: What story have you been telling yourself? Are there things you've written off, thinking they're just "not you"? Maybe itโs that fitness goal or shedding that stubborn fat. Itโs easy to wrap our identities around these stories, and they can be incredibly limiting. I once believed I wasnโt meant for running. Now, Iโm about to run 50 miles.
๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ. ๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐..
