I want like to highlight a very special member of ours.
His name is Bobby, and Bobby knows a lot!
One of the things Bobby knows is how to stay consistent. He has been working out consistently for the last 7 years.
This guy has every excuse not to workout- from colon cancer, to nephropathy in his feet, but he doesn’t use any of them as excuses.
In fact, he has not paused his membership not one time. even during the summer, which to me is the hardest season of the year.
Anyways…..Bobby has never paused his membership. He keeps coming in, even when he broke his leg.
About a year ago, Bobby went to Mexico for a weekend getaway. While he was there, he tripped on some uneven steps and broke his leg.
A week later, he rolled in to workout in his wheel chair. This was amazing, because just a few days before, he was laid out in a hospital in Mexico trying to figure out how he was going to cross the boarder with a broken leg.
Bobby continued to come to Elite in his wheel chair for the next 2 months until his leg healed.
How did he workout you ask? Great question!
We trained his upper body until it was time to give his leg some corrective exercises.
You see, success in the gym does not always have to be about losing weight. It can be more spiritual and emotional than that.
It is situations like these, that prove to be more motivating and inspiring than losing 10 measly pounds. Not only did Bobby prove to himself that he can maintain his habit no matter what, but he just motivated & inspired a bunch of other Elite members that witnessed him do this. Me included!
He touched and moved our other members more than I could have with any of the motivation tactics that I have in my tool-box.
I’ll take those results over plain old weight-loss any day!
I did a podcast with Bobby about his fight with cancer. You can listen to it here.