Iron Therapy

Crazy to think that I was the same exact weight 10 years ago but in severely worse health (mentally, physically and spiritually). 2010▶️2015▶️2020. I’m not nearly as lean as I was back in 2015 but then again I’m also not spending 4-5 hours working out every single day. (Fastest cardio, teaching classes, training clients, Ruck run, MARSOC Prep, and competition prep) Ultimately I’m happy with where I am now and where my direction is headed. Notice I said happy and not “satisfied” or “finished” Your health isn’t one single goal weight, body fat %, or PR. It is a never ending lifestyle journey. Remember that next time you get hard on yourself for not hitting a goal weight or not reaching a PR. Winners aren’t made overnight. It takes all the failures and stumbles and falls to reach that one significant success. No one ever entered Mr. Olympia or the Olympics after one night of training or stopping after one missed lift or check in. You will always be your hardest and most honest critic. To end with one of my favorite @wecameasromans lyrics “I always knew I'd never reach perfection, and if I ever did then I wasn't trying hard enough. Because there is always something more to reach for.” #fit #fitness #defendpoppunk (at New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9S7C5kHQBa/?igshid=18xbyik37gaqa

Wrapping up Mental Health Awareness Month I’m extremely humbled and proud to start this project. Working with partners from all over the country we’re looking to create a Mental Health Initiative. Starting small by incorporating Suicide Prevention into our Staff and Volunteer on boarding process just as we would do with CPR and First aid courses. Big picture, develop, staff, and implement a Mental Health program in our community out reach departments to work with schools, colleges, hospitals, and churches to offer counseling services, classes, programs, and various other programs all volunteer led in order to minimize as many of these tragedies as we can. Posting this for two reasons: 1. To raise awareness that we see, acknowledge, and plan to rectify the epidemic facing our communities And 2. Hold myself accountable: by putting this out there it’s not just a thought or goal on a whiteboard. It’s out there and time to turn conversations behind closed doors into conversations in public and more so; conversations into actions. Thank you to my #principlesandpractices family for working together to share this story and this idea. I recognize it won’t happen over night but hopefully a year from now we will start to see a difference. #becausey #forabetterus #mentalhealthawareness (at Charlotte, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Dw5u_gXxL/?igshid=oe77sghe16jr

Not here for a long time. Just a good one. #backbone (at SNCOA Quantico) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0tGnqVAkBf/?igshid=94yrpqc3z7bd

Adventure time (at Old Rag Mountain)