Now vs. Then. 🕒 I typically don’t share shirtless photos on social, never really been my thing but over the last year or so I’ve been on a journey. Here’s how it started. In 2020 around the time of peak pandemic I saw the second picture of myself. I was horrified by what I saw. Not because I thought I looked terrible but because I saw how far I had let myself fall from where i knew I could be. Like many during that time, I gave myself 100 excuses as to why it was ok to let myself go. The results of those excuses were the following: more stress, terrible sleep, muscle loss and weakness, weight loss (not the good kind), mood swings, poor diet, less focus, and worst of all less confidence because I knew I wasn’t getting close to my full potential. I was taking the easy road. A path that most people take every day and there was nobody to blame but myself. Here’s the thing... I don’t want to be like most people. I never have, and I never will. I find it strange when people apologize for this. We should want to push ourselves to the upper limits of our potential, but there I was floating around as a second or third rate version of myself. I thought to myself, how can I share advice and content to help others if I’m not helping myself. I also thought about what my kids would think of me if they saw me sliding by and taking the path of least resistance. So i decided to quit fucking around and get my shit together. Today I am a result of that. I share this so that others may also decide to quit fucking around and get their shit together. I promise if you do, everything in your life will improve, and I mean everything. Some may read this and think what an arrogant post. If that’s you... maybe it’s time to start looking inward and ask yourself why that’s your reaction. I share this for the ones that are looking for a spark to set themselves on a similar path. Trust me when I tell you I know it’s hard, but it’s also so goddamn rewarding. Thank you to the following people for helping me and inspiring me to get my act together. Forever grateful: @laurynbosstick @bodiesbybrentatx @koniverwellness @hubermanlab @drdarylgioffre @khalilrafati @chervin333 ❤️❤️🤘🏻🤘🏻 let’s go!!!