“I just love lifting sandbags” - Vic Costello

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” - Frank Zappa

Our last post spoke a lot about how we grew and shaped our mission of educating, connecting, and inspiring people toward better fitness and health. But, before we can talk about how we actually do that, a few things need to be made clear: first and foremost among them — what is fitness?

“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable” - James Fitzgerald

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” - Thomas Edison, 1903

“No such thing as a life that’s better than yours” - J. Cole

“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.” - Zig Ziglar

“Believe” - Cat on Poster

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” - Albert Einstein

“Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” - George Bernard Shaw

“You can't go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the ending.” - C.S. Lewis

“Discipline equals freedom.” - Jocko Willink

“Vulnerability is not knowing victory or defeat, it’s understanding the necessity of both; it’s engaging. It’s being all in.” - Brene Brown

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” - RBG

“Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy and you shall form an invincible host against difficulties.” - Helen Keller

“Set your life on fire. Seek those who fan your flames.” - Rumi

“Things do not change. We change.” - Henry David Thoreau

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.” - Mark Twain

“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” - Marcus Aurelius