Lex DeVille
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It doesn't have to be business-related. Fitness, relationships, limiting beliefs you overcame. What made you feel proud of yourself?
About 10 years ago, when I left Active Duty Army, I got serious with running. Lost weight. Got fit. Felt amazing. Running became a huge part of my life. Later, when I became a sprinter, I went from fit to shredded. Then, about five years ago, shortly after I joined the National Guard, my knees gave me the big FU. One day they just stopped working. Couldn't run sprints. Couldn't jog a lap. I went to physical therapy, saw doctors, got no answers. So I quit running and reserved myself to my fate.
For years I didn't run at all. But I started to modify my diet to manage my weight and started doing P90X to work different muscle groups. Over the past few years, I got more serious with workouts and diet. Constantly tested different foods and eating patterns. Pushed P90X harder and focused on form a lot.
Fast forward to 2020, my diet works well, and my muscles are stronger than ever. When I tested the bench press, I pressed 250lbs though I haven't touched a bench in 10 years. Coming off that win, I decided to try running. So about two months ago I hit the streets and was surprised to find that I could run. A half-mile at first. Then a mile. Then three. Then four. And I started sprinting too. My knees had become strong from all of the squats, lunges, and jump training in P90X.
As of this week, I'm running four miles once a week with 7 sessions of interval sprints and hill sprints mixed into the last two miles. I'm hitting around 200 pullups on pullup days, hundreds of pushups, adding weights for ab workouts. Stacking three workouts on some days. I'm older but not weaker and I feel proud of that.
This post isn't to boast, but it is okay to feel proud. I want to know what you did this week that made you proud of yourself. How did you win against your own mind? What did you overcome that made you feel awesome about yourself?
About 10 years ago, when I left Active Duty Army, I got serious with running. Lost weight. Got fit. Felt amazing. Running became a huge part of my life. Later, when I became a sprinter, I went from fit to shredded. Then, about five years ago, shortly after I joined the National Guard, my knees gave me the big FU. One day they just stopped working. Couldn't run sprints. Couldn't jog a lap. I went to physical therapy, saw doctors, got no answers. So I quit running and reserved myself to my fate.
For years I didn't run at all. But I started to modify my diet to manage my weight and started doing P90X to work different muscle groups. Over the past few years, I got more serious with workouts and diet. Constantly tested different foods and eating patterns. Pushed P90X harder and focused on form a lot.
Fast forward to 2020, my diet works well, and my muscles are stronger than ever. When I tested the bench press, I pressed 250lbs though I haven't touched a bench in 10 years. Coming off that win, I decided to try running. So about two months ago I hit the streets and was surprised to find that I could run. A half-mile at first. Then a mile. Then three. Then four. And I started sprinting too. My knees had become strong from all of the squats, lunges, and jump training in P90X.
As of this week, I'm running four miles once a week with 7 sessions of interval sprints and hill sprints mixed into the last two miles. I'm hitting around 200 pullups on pullup days, hundreds of pushups, adding weights for ab workouts. Stacking three workouts on some days. I'm older but not weaker and I feel proud of that.
This post isn't to boast, but it is okay to feel proud. I want to know what you did this week that made you proud of yourself. How did you win against your own mind? What did you overcome that made you feel awesome about yourself?
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