+ 6 (MOMS & DADS) The "Beach Bod" Is Just a Small Perk of What The Gym Taught Me
Let's set aside our amazing physiques for a second. I touched based on this when I did an interview for a blog around fitness and Mental Health.
I am not a father myself but based off of my own experience and others alike, I am hoping to encourage mothers and fathers to get their kids into the gym and below I will cover why.
My dad was a bodybuilder before it was a fad and against my pediatrician's advice to not let me work out at the age of 11 due to possibility of stunted growth he would let me work out with him in our basement, I took a liking to it and I'm positive it saved me from what I should have been. (Picture at age 12 setting elementary school arm hang and pull up record LINK: https://goo.gl/photos/aFo6tgmiYLrypte48)
As I got older I saw our nation's addiction epidemic take hold of my best and closest friends going from great men to walking zombies. I continued to excel and watched many become stagnant, it wasn't because I was smarter, more privileged, ect.
The only advantage I had was the foundation my father helped me lay and that was the gym... It was the place I went to find my confidence, stay on the right path or help me get back on the right path when I was falling off. The gym taught me PRINCIPLE, COMMITMENT, and DISCIPLINE all without the ACCOUNTABILITY of a coach or a team. All these things translated into my real life, my career and now my business. The gym was my therapist, stress/anxiety reliever and the place that would lift me up when feeling low.
Having a physique that reminds others how lazy they are is great, but thats just a small perk of what some of us can benefit from getting involved in this hobby:)
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I lost my best friend to the opiate epidemic about a year and a half ago, it sucks man. Him and roughly a dozen other friends over the last 3 years. Almost everyone who stayed in my home town after highschool got into it. Its so sad. I was just talking to my mom about this and how to stop it and usually i can come up with some kind of idea but I have no idea how this is gonna end. My wife and I were both gym rats before we met and obviously never stopped and never will, and when the time comes that we have kids and theyre around the age you started at theyll be coming to the gym with is. Even earlier then that I dont see the harm in stuff like push ups, sit ups, pull ups and other calisthenics. Build a nice little base before building the real one.
Love to hear that, it truly is the only thing I can trace back giving me a foundation. I don't see anything wrong with it either, hell I turned out to be 6'2" so my growth wasn't stunted.
To me the gym teaches hard work and detication. Because if you are serious you will look for your weak points and learn to train them to where they become as equal as can be to the rest of yourself. And that should be a great lesson taken into life of find and work on your weaknesses because this world the ones who push ahead will get ahead. I also agree with the gym can save your life it did mine. It kept me out of drugs and so on plus helped me dial in my OCD and depression. Great read and solid advice!
Ahh see the mental illness is a whole other topic, doctors need to start prescribing fitness and less prescriptions. My dad was old school and wouldnt let them prescribe me ADD medicine or xanax, but the gym helped me learn how to control it not hide it with a pill.
Very good read. This is exactly how I feel also.... +1 brother.
It was the place I went to find my confidence, stay on the right path or help me get back on the right path when I was falling off. The gym taught me PRINCIPLE, COMMITMENT, and DISCIPLINE all without the ACCOUNTABILITY of a coach or a team. All these things translated into my real life, my career and now my business. The gym was my therapist, stress/anxiety reliever and the place that would lift me up when feeling low.
Very true, keep your kids busy and active and the bad habits will have a harder time finding their way into their lives. Another aspect of bringing your kids to the gym is the bonding time. I love it when the boys come with me. Im a sap and it makes me proud. Unfortunately too many men seem to forget their kids these days and thats the absolute worst thing for them. As a man who grew up without a father or real father figure in my life I can attest to how shitty it is.
Thanks for posting.
Keep them hands hard!!
Well done mate.
Your typing us very familiar.
Agree on the soft hand thing lol
Real men do not have soft hands.