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Why I Care
During Middle School I was overweight and bullied at times. I struggled, as many kids do, to find what made me special. I had low confidence and didn't believe in myself.
I actually told my mother I didn't want to be smart because it wasn't cool.
...Can you believe that?
I found solace in exercising, thanks to my older brother Ryan. Exercising changed my mind and body; I finally respected myself and earned the respect of my peers, which I craved.
Fast forward a little...
I enjoyed success athletically in High School, but really hit my stride when I earned the 2nd best freshman finish and 4th overall finish at the Atlantic 10 Conference Championships competing in the Javelin Throw for Temple University (Division 1 Track Program at the time).
I earned by B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Temple University. I compiled a laundry list of accolades as a college journalist and broadcaster.
ALL IS GOOD IN THE WORLD...RIGHT?
After graduation, I hit a couple of tough breaks professionally. My confidence was fleeting. I relied on my job as a waiter/bartender to pay the bills... and relied on the party scene at night to make myself feel good.
...There was that feeling again I had missed. I felt cool, wanted and in control of my life again (oh sweet dopamine), or so I thought.
And then I realized I was further from myself than I had ever been when I completely bombed and embarrassed myself in an interview with ESPN Radio in NYC.
I lost myself, again...this is the same company I had interned with in Philadelphia just two years prior. I crushed that internship and was actually hired on the spot. I was the only intern to produce content for their website.
I lost myself, again...this is the same company I had interned with in Philadelphia just two years prior. I crushed that internship and was actually hired on the spot. I was the only intern to produce content for their website.
Freshman/Sophomore of college, no doubt. I had a mission, a goal, my health and unbelievable motivation. In short, I had purpose and a "Why."
So I kept it simple and got healthy again. In time, I switched bartending out for personal training.
The growing pains didn't stop here and I realized they would never stop.
The internal work on myself took years before I reached any kind of authentic outward focus for others. In short, what I'm saying is my desire to be a personal trainer was self absorption initially.
Just shy of a decade into my life's vocation and I've come away with answers that will sustain me for life (of course these will grow over time)...
A: Awareness
N: Nutrition
S: Self-Empathy
W: Wins (celebrate the small stuff)
E: Expectations (have correct ones)
R: Recovery
S: Success
In Good Health,
Coach Eric
A: Awareness
N: Nutrition
S: Self-Empathy
W: Wins (celebrate the small stuff)
E: Expectations (have correct ones)
R: Recovery
S: Success
In Good Health,
Coach Eric