For those of you who I coach and who get my weekly emails, you already know about Tony Horton’s recent injury. For those of you who just lurk on this site without making me your coach … you are missing out LOL! I’m always disseminating helpful information and great tips to my team. Come join us!
Anyways, more about Tony and his injury. He was explaining on a call yesterday how he got hurt, and what he’s doing now about it, so let me fill you in. It gives us some insight into what makes Tony tick, and why he is so successful at what he does — ATTITUDE! It’s all about having the right attitude, despite our circumstances.
Tony tore his bicep muscle completely from the bone last Sunday (a little over a week ago). While I initially didn’t know how, I figured it was doing some difficult exercise move. He likes climbing ropes, using peg boards, and doing all sorts of challenging feats of his upper body strength and balance. He shared yesterday that he injured himself while doing “iron cross flys on rings with my feet on a stability ball”. **Mental note — don’t try that! While executing the exercise, his right bicep muscle tore completely loose from the bone and he knew it was serious. He had surgery that Wednesday to repair it.
Bicep tears take a long time to heal, and rehab will take several months. At age 52, a normal guy might think this is a sign to hang it up. But would that be the kind of attitude that you’d expect from Tony? Of course not! He’s an inspiration to millions because he doesn’t let excuses get in the way of being healthy and fit. Here’s his take:
He says that this injury has taught him one of the greatest lessons in life. He recalled Eric from the PlyoX videos (they guy with the prosthetic leg). Tony remembers that Eric couldn’t do any of the exercises at first, but he KEPT SHOWING UP. It was hard for him, but he KEPT SHOWING UP. Eric didn’t make excuses that he couldn’t do Plyo with a prosthetic leg. He KEPT SHOWING UP! And we have all seen Eric in the PlyoX video, putting everyone to shame on one leg!
As a side note, I still remember the first time I did PlyoX, I was certain that Tony was kidding about Eric having a prosthetic leg, because I figured there is no way he could really be doing all of those exercises with a prosthetic. I learned a good lesson from that! Excuses are for quitters! Stop making excuses and KEEP SHOWING UP!
Tony says that this injury will force him to take a break from his bread and butter Upper Body Lift Workouts — his favorite thing to do. And as a result, he will have more time to build other areas of his fitness that aren’t as “fun” for him — cardio, core, lower body, and plyo. He sees this as an OPPORTUNITY to work on other areas and get better!
Here’s a great quote from Tony:
“If the top is broken, work on the bottom”
“If the bottom is broken, work on the top”
“If both the top and the bottom are broken, work on the core!”
So if Tony, age 52 with a serious injury and surgery, doesn’t plan on slowing down and letting it derail his fitness, why should any of us let anything stand in our way! How inspiring!
Tony also spent several minutes talking about how excited he is for the future of Beachbody and the products / workout programs that are available now as well as what’s coming in the future. As Tony says, Beachbody is the world leader in fitness programs and supplements because their stuff WORKS! The proof is in the pudding! It’s one thing to market and give sales pitches about why a workout program or supplement will help you. But Beachbody’s approach is entirely different. They don’t “sell” anything. They simply show RESULTS! Everyone who uses their workout programs and uses their supplements becomes a walking advertisement because their results speak for themselves. Those of you who are committed to the workouts and supplements know exactly what I’m talking about. We ARE the advertising, because everyone sees what Beachbody has done for our health and fitness.
No gimmicks — just hard workouts, top of the line supplements like Shakeology and Results/Recovery Formula, and a community for support, motivation, and accountability. Beachbody has really found a winning combination, and Tony has been an integral part of that combination from the start. It’s only getting stronger with the addition of new star-trainers like Shaun T, the expansion of workout programs to suit multiple fitness levels, the pipeline of new workout programs coming in the future, and the network of coaches (like me!) that are fostering a groundswell of passion and commitment to get results and inspire others to join this revolution. I can’t help but get even more excited to be a Beachbody coach after hearing Tony Horton talk about the future of this organization!
I have no doubt that Tony will be back, stronger than ever, in a few months. The doctors said the surgery went great, and every sign is that Tony is mentally and physically ready to rehab with 100% passion. And we will be even more inspired to see him overcome what seemed like a big setback because he attacks life with the right ATTITUDE!
Do you have that same attitude? Do you look for what you CAN do instead of focusing on what you CAN’T? Do you find excuses to quit or reasons to keep going?
Tony is the definition of “Bring It!”. No excuses! Bring it!!
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