17/10/2024
The Dream
My experience at Phenom is something which one cannot feel without knowing the term family. We come into the gym with the world on our right shoulder,tipping us to the edge of a cliff however, our family Phenom just manages to find a way to create a comfortable and healthy arm to keep you balanced in life and keep you dead in the centre to focus and accomplish things our minds at times say is impossible. We have learned to take that word and never use it because as creation of the almighty, with guidance and wisdom you are capable of creating and making “magic” happen. I was influenced to box after some time in the MMA space because I just felt that I needed to learn more about stand up fundamentals and what I came to realise is that it’s not as easy as it seems, boxing requires you to make effort, you need to be focused and it may seem like too much at first however, you will learn to love it the way we all do and it will be a part of your life. I would always speak about Phenom in a way that will show others that with a confident mindset, a family around you with the best coaches and training partners, brothers and sisters, no matter where you come from, you will learn to unlock that part of you which you were meant to do throughout your life. If you someone that comes in with a mindset that makes you WANT to be the best,good for you however, don’t come in with a mindset thinking you BETTER than the next person, big difference. Come in, enjoy the moment, enjoy the space around you and give everything you have into that training session because you have no idea that it will be very thing that changes your world. I always get asked, “What is your dream?”. My dream is to call myself one of the best in the world, something that this very gym, is helping me accomplish. Take this from someone who had to work hard and go through every single pain there is in this world, once you wrap that gloves on, it’s as if you a being bandaged up and healed from what’s been hurting and in return, building you to be happy and content with your life and just knowing at the end of the day, I did my best.
-Mogamat Ilyaas