As I wrote \u201cthe standard is the standard\u201d at Fitness 1440 Fredericksburg\u2026 I walked by a mirror.<\/p>\n
And it caught up to me.<\/p>\n
Work. Fatherhood. Stress. Life.<\/p>\n
Somewhere in the middle of managing everything else, I stopped holding myself to the same standard I expect out of others.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve put on about 20 pounds.<\/p>\n
Strength has dropped.<\/p>\n
Conditioning isn\u2019t where it should be.<\/p>\n
My left quad is partially torn.<\/p>\n
I deal with sciatica nerve pain that sometimes makes it hard to even stand upright normally.<\/p>\n
My shoulder is damaged.<\/p>\n
My neck has nerve damage.<\/p>\n
Excuses\u2026 or reasons.<\/p>\n
Truthfully; both exist.<\/p>\n
Last year, I won the Get Fit Challenge at Start2Finish Nutrition.<\/p>\n
But this time isn\u2019t about a challenge.<\/p>\n
Or a prize.<\/p>\n
Or proving I can suffer for six weeks.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s about rebuilding discipline for myself again.<\/p>\n
Because life happens.<\/p>\n
Injuries happen.<\/p>\n
Fatigue happens.<\/p>\n
But none of it changes the standard.<\/p>\n
It only explains the distance between where you are and where you know you\u2019re capable of being.<\/p>\n
So today at Fitness 1440 Fredericksburg wasn\u2019t about perfection.<\/p>\n
It was about showing up again.<\/p>\n
Shaking off rust.<\/p>\n
Getting uncomfortable.<\/p>\n
Breathing hard again.<\/p>\n
Starting again.<\/p>\n
Because the standard didn\u2019t change.<\/p>\n
I did.<\/p>\n
And now it\u2019s on me to close that gap.<\/p>\n
So for the next 8 weeks, I\u2019m documenting the process publicly.<\/p>\n
The weight loss.<\/p>\n
The conditioning.<\/p>\n
The rebuilding.<\/p>\n
The setbacks.<\/p>\n
The consistency.<\/p>\n
The days I don\u2019t feel like doing it.<\/p>\n
All of it.<\/p>\n
Not for sympathy.<\/p>\n
Not for motivation posts.<\/p>\n
Not to pretend perfection.<\/p>\n
Accountability.<\/p>\n
Because it\u2019s easy to talk about standards when you feel good.<\/p>\n
The real test is whether you still honor them when you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n
The standard is the standard.<\/p>\n
Define yours.<\/p>\n
And stop negotiating it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As I wrote \u201cthe standard is the standard\u201d at Fitness 1440 Fredericksburg\u2026 I walked by a mirror. And it caught up to me. Work. Fatherhood. Stress. Life. Somewhere in the middle of managing everything else, I stopped holding myself to the same standard I expect out of others. I\u2019ve put on about 20 pounds. Strength […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n