Being BOLD. Another piece of the puzzle.

In this journey of fitness and health that I am on, I stumbled across Camp Gladiator thanks (i think!) to a co-worker. I had gone to Camp Gladiator one time a few years ago and had such a horrible time that I never went back. Nor would I consider it when my co-worker kept harassing me about it. Now in that time that passed, I had changed. I found a motivation for change and health. But the trainer there changed too. I am so thankful for that. Camp Gladiator is good for me. I feel stronger and healthier. I have built in accountability and the awesome campers around me push me beyond anything i would ever do on my own. I feared partners when I started, knowing I would never be able to keep up with anyone the trainer would pair me with. I would feel bad for holding them back. But that is not what happened at all. With the encouragement of the trainer, I dug deeper and did more than I ever imagined I could. Camp Gladiator is so good for me and a key piece in this journey that I am on. I am physically growing stronger, mentally growing tougher and socially growing more interactive.

All of this would have never happened were it not for my trainer. She is exactly the person that I walked up on and vomited a little in my mouth. She was this teeny tiny thing that was all muscle and scared the shit out of me all while I knew i would hate her from the get go. How could she train someone so fat when she had a perfect body and could never understand the struggle? And yet, by the end of that first work out I was hooked. From Day ONE, i felt like she was invested in me. She wanted me to succeed and even though I was just another camper, she made me feel like I mattered. Very quickly i found myself pushing harder when I wanted to be done because I wanted to work out and push hard for Jenny. She helped me stay injury free as I learned new things and she was faithful to give me high fives and tell me I was doing a good job. And she still does. Miss I don't stick with anything or anyone had been doing Camp Gladiator for 6 months. While this does require some commitment on my part, I know it would not be possible without her support. When I'm out and discouraged, I know a text is coming asking where I have been. When I'm there and have nothing left, I know she is my biggest cheerleader. Jenny has been like no trainer I have ever experienced and for that I am thankful. I am easily intimidated and like to run away but thankfully I landed in the perfect camp with the perfect trainer for me.

Camp Gladiator is a big piece of my current climb to health and I am thankful for that. I am also so thankful for the tiny little stick of dynamite that Jenny is and how she pushes and encourages me, probably more than she knows. Find that person for you, be that person for someone else and be strong! Be a beast mode for yourself! You can do more than you can even imagine!