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Published on Monday, 22 October 2012 18:17
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Written by Tiffany Robinson
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ny Robinson IFBB Fitness Pro Journal #5: Leading By Example…..
It has been three months since my last blog and I finally felt it was time to step it up! I seem to have had several different curve balls thrown at me over the past year and they have each hit square in the gut. Well for some reason I am not broken. I am completely ALIVE! Some days I feel like there are cracks and at any moment I may break but the exercise that I choose to do glues them back together. I have taken the past three months to reflect on my life as I still move forward and this is what I see…
Whether I am in Troy University’s Strength & Conditioning weight room, at Anytime Fitness, at work, or off competing in a Fitness Competition I am always living true to myself by shining a positive light on whatever and whomever I can. I can honestly say I practice what I preach. I lead by example. Although this may sound like boasting I have realized that even in my time of pain and suffering I have been able to reach out and help others and that alone is Victory in my heart.
I live in a small town in Alabama where everyone stares at me because I look different, I dress different, and everyone talks about me because I’m not “nor
mal”. It began to bring me down…. I can’t believe it snuck up on me and started to bite me in the ass. I was wearing clothes to big for me so people couldn’t see the definition of my muscles. I was eating my prepped meals away from everyone and avoiding phone calls to go out. People would ask me how/what to do so they could live a healthy lifestyle. I found myself “wasting my breath” because these same people would walk around with McDonald’s and dressed like they didn’t care about their appearance. I’ve been writing diet after diet and workout plan after workout plan for free and out of the goodness of my heart…. feeding people with knowledge that I have worked for and also still pay for.
And then it hit me. I touched someone’s life with a few simple words and from practicing what I preach. I have been rejuvenated! I have realized that my appearance speaks for itself, my work ethics and dedication speaks for itself, and my humbleness about my achievements brings people to me… it comforts them to ask questions and want to learn. I live my life with God first and by motivation quotes every day. I exercise every day to clear my head and prepare myself for whatever God has planned. I can now make contact with those curve balls and send them out of the park =). No one ever got anywhere in life .JPG)
with just being “normal” or whatever “normal” is.
All I am saying is dress the way you want, present yourself the best way possible, exercise to make yourself feel better and to release all the stress/tension that may build up, love yourself for who you are, and every now and then step back, evaluate your life, humble yourself, take a deep breathe, move forward because you never know who’s watching.
LOVE U ALL!!! XOXOXOXOXO DARE TO BE DIFFERENT!!!
