Wednesday, September 14, 2011
3 September 2011
Dear Roy,
I just felt the need to to sit down and write you this letter, in exclamation of the progress I have made since joining crossfit at Body Construction. I just got up from doing some pushups, and I have amazed myself. I just did more pushups than I have been able to do since I was preparing for Marine Corps boot camp ... wait for it ... 20 years ago.
It just dawned on me that I may actually be able to reach a level of fitness comparable to what I had in my twenties. At this rate, who knows, I may even exceed it. Oh my god, Roy. I was in the worst shape of my life when I walked into Body Construction. For close to a decade, the software company I owned had been my first priority, and as time went on, I began to sacrifice more and more of my life for it.
My health and fitness fell off the list, not to mention my social life and family time. When you live unbalanced like that for long enough, eventually your spirit stops fighting it. You start accepting your new role and your new self. In my case, denial also accompanied this burned out perspective I had adopted.
Though I've always made it a priority to be willing to face and accept the hard truths, recently, I've been shocked as I've started to recognize the extent to which this denial had invaded. For years, I had known that I needed to get back into the gym, and I had tried on many occasions, with varied levels of temporary success.
Whenever I thought about what I wanted, the list always began with fitness right at the top. Unfortunately, I never managed to put it together. I had apparently developed a major motivation problem, and it was at this point that I finally enlisted your help. I asked for a personal trainer that could help me get some results and would motivate me to stick with a program. You instead recommended crossfit and paleo diet as solutions on all these fronts. I was somewhat skeptical, but I thought I'd take your word for it and embrace your prescription - clearly, my own solutions weren't working.
Stepping into crossfit, I got sore. Real sore. I used to lift when I was younger, so I knew what being sore was all about. But now I was getting sore enough to question whether I was pushing my "old" body to injury. But I kept on as you and Cheryl suggested, and results started flowing in. I've been doing this for only three months now, and I am still seeing visible change every week.
This path of constant improvement is incredible - I really can't believe it. I feel good now. I'm motivated like I used to be. I'm living a way that I respect. And for the first time since I can remember, I truly dont know the limits of what's possible.
My fitness just keeps on improving, and I keep getting happier. I've noticed that I crave these workouts now, I love the food I prepare, and I'm excited about what my life may bring just around the corner. I feel like I'm back. But better. Most of all, I'm amazed that I now have this frequent feeling of "I can't wait". Whereas not 3 months ago, I was obviously depressed and perhaps had been for a very long time, today I am aggressively going after what I want.
Roy, high moto is everything to me - it's what makes me who I am, and I had fully lost it. This crossfit/paleo thing you run and the results that it carries, are so totally motivating, that I now feel like a resident of the passionate world. Though diet and fitness in and of themselves are not the sole ingredients to happiness, in my case, I can say unequivocally that they can act as keys to opening the door to the great possibilities in life.
You've no doubt heard this story before, but I feel compelled to tell it anyway. Thank you for your tough-love-introduction to what I am capable of and what it takes to find it. I've always disliked receiving help when I don't need it, but this time I really needed it, and I am extremely grateful for it. ...and feel free to kick me in the ass any time! Sincerely,
Mark Freydl 6am Crossfit
WOD
Unf*ckwithable
Every Minute on The Minute For 15 Minutes
3 Dealifts 275/185
5 Wheels of Death
7 Situps
Warmup
10 Minutes Active Stretching
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