Meet Estevan. He made me his coach in September, and we started talking about workouts, fitness, and nutrition. He started a P90X / Insanity hybrid. We talked about how to get the most out of the workouts. He asked good questions about how to dial in his nutrition. Basically, all the usual stuff you would expect between a motivated guy and his coach. Not once did he make an excuse, say he couldn’t do it, whine, or complain. He just brought it every day.
One of Estevan’s favorite things to do is to let me know how many calories he burns on his Insanity days. I always get a kick out of seeing him report the numbers. It shows me he’s pushing himself, that he’s giving it his all, and that he is squeezing everything he’s got out of himself on these workouts.
Then, out of the blue, I get this email from him this week =
Hey coach do you know how I can modify or do the renegade row n plyo pushups I have cerebral palsy on my left side
Say what? I’ve been coaching the guy for 5 months as he’s been rocking a P90X / Insanity hybrid, and the whole time I had no idea he had a physical limitation. Wow!
Then as I start to ask him more about his disabilities, I discover that he was literally born with half a brain, that he takes seizure meds every day, that he’s had his wrist fused due to the cerebral palsy, that he’s been hospitalized for deep vein thrombosis, etc. Estevan has been through A LOT in his life. But it hasn’t slowed him down or affected his outlook at all.
My response to him was “Half a brain? Dang, you make better use of your half than most of us make with our whole one!”
Now that’s the kind of attitude we should ALL have! Estevan could make excuses. He could say that being in the teamRIPPED hall of fame is something he’ll never get to do.
OR …. he could say, WHY NOT?? NO EXCUSES!!
Estevan, I am so proud of you man! My level of respect for your character and work ethic was high before, but knowing what I know now …. Wow!
To everyone else out there who thinks they can’t do it because they are busy, they are tired, they don’t feel like it, blah blah blah ….. How do you feel now?
Time to suck it up and learn from a man who knows the meaning of DIGGING DEEP and the meaning of BRINGING IT!
Way to inspire me Estevan … and others!
Need a coach?
My email: coachwayne@teamripped.com
IG: @wayne_wyatt
