Knock on wood, and I do wish everyone health and success, but if you are ever in that situation you really do not understand what you can take for granted when you have good health.
Health is one thing you might not be able to buy back with money. You can have all the riches in the world, but when you suffer any serious injury, sickness, or disability it will completely change your perspective. When we are healthy, we might become complacent and comfortable by automatically assuming that good health will always be there. However, this is not the case.
Often we place health on the bottom of our priorities. As a trainer, it is in my humble experience that most people tend to be reactive rather than being proactive with health matters. Now I understand we all live very busy lives. The majority of us have bills, debts, family to take care of.
The truth of the matter is health matters. I'm speaking from personal experience. On July 1st, 2010 I suffered a very serious injury where from an accident. I severed all the major tendons on my left ankle and needed 2 major surgeries. As a personal trainer, my livelihood, depended on me being able to walk and train to pay the bills. During my recovery, I could not work for 7 months. I got very depressed, into financial trouble, became fat and out of shape. I had to go through several months of physiotherapy to learn how to walk again. The only thing that kept me motivated to recover was my clients. I could not tell them about the dark mental space I was going through.
They say whatever doesn't kill you will make you stronger and I could have literally died that day when I had my accident. Fortunately, I survived and it wasn't my time yet. I managed to get back on my feet again and by January 1, 2011 I was back working at a gym as a personal trainer again.
Fast forward to October 2012, I have my own bootcamps. I became sick for about a week. It felt like a common cold and I just sucked it up. It took me a week to get better and within 3 days I became sick again. I ignored it like the first time, and then I became violently ill. For the whole month of October, I was in and out of the hospital. What started off as bronchitis, spread throughout my lungs, infected my kidneys, and also my bladder. Some other personal stuff I will keep private, but I was going through some serious health issues. I was extremely ill for the whole month of October. I had a business to run and all the hard work I had put in for training, I ended up losing all my muscle gains. I couldn't eat for weeks, I felt constantly ill. Now, that I am well again, I am very blessed to be recovered, however I still have appointments to see a specialist. What keeps me motivated is that I am incredibly inspired by my clients, and I am on the same road as them. They always give me 120% when they train and it makes me that much more focused to improve and reach my goals as a trainer and also to get back into shape again.
Now that November is ending, I want to impart some personal wisdom to you. If you are not placing health on top of your priority list, make sure that you do. Set some time aside 20 minutes - 60 minutes a training session, at a minimum 3 times a week. If you have family, remember that your family depends on your ability to provide. At the end of the day, you can give all the excuses in the world about why you are too busy to exercise: not enough time, need time for the family, or how you need to pay bills. Ultimately, You are responsible for your own health and you either lead by example or you make excuses.
Remember, regular exercise will make you feel better, look better, have more confidence, help you sleep better, and most importantly of all improve your overall health. Training is a privilege, never take it for granted!
Yours in Good Health,
Coach Corey
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