Be Better Faster Stronger

6 Feb 2012
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Beckham has been a source of motivation to countless people, and has definitely been an inspiration for myself.

He is now 36 years old and still competes in the MLS. He started his professional career when he was 17 and now, 19 years later, is still a major competitor.

He was told by a school teacher that he shouldn’t strive to be a footballer because it would never happen. In 2010 he tore his achillies tendon and needed surgury, but just 6 months later he was back performing at a professional level.

Beckham is an outstanding athlete and a huge source of inspiration for myself.

6 Feb 2012
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Motivation

One of the main reasons I started this blog was to keep myself motivated and to push myself to the next level in athletics. There’s been a trend in my life that when I want to get to the next level I fail. Whether its a broken bone or being rejected from a team, it feels like something always happens.

This has happened over the last 6 years, and its something I struggle with on almost a daily basis. There’s times when I’m not mentally tough enough and feel like giving up, and partially its because I expect to fail.

I’ve been fighting these feelings for a long time, and I’m absolutely sick of feeling like this. But I can’t seem to shake the hovering feelings of potential failure and embarrassment.

I work out on a daily almost bi-daily basis, and I’m a division 3 college athlete. There’s times I feel accomplished, confident, and motivated. But other times I feel really low.

This blog is something I started to help myself stay focused and motivated, and not feel down on myself for not always performing at my best, or at the level I want to perform at.

Thanks to everyone out there.