Dear Mommy,
It occurred to me this morning, as I was walking around during my shift at the gym that I am most times the only girl, or one of the few female presence here throughout the day. A young guy, around 20 years old, came into the gym this morning for help creating his training plan. Like most times, the behind the scenes look on his face showed that he wasn't totally thrilled with having a 'skinny' female train him. However, once we got started with the first exercise (chest press) and I could lift more than him... his attitude and feeling totally changed.
I'm a girls guy. Always have been. I have loved hanging out with the guys since before I knew it was a thing. Over the years, I've been beyond fortunate to learn what it means to have the best female best friends ever. They have stuck with me through and through, even when I put them through the ringer. Or when I bail on them and take a rando on a car trip. Or never leave the house unless they come get me. Or when I do nothing but cry on their shoulder, couch, and make them crazy.
But throughout all my years, from city to city, sports/fitness has driven me to get involved where I can regardless of who is there. As for my most recent move to Tel Aviv, I got connected a baseball group full of American/Israeli/Others who play every weekend (weather and corona permitting). Week in and Week out, its these dudes in their 20's-40's + and me and one or two other chicks. We bring the energy and hold down the fort.
But with each situation, gym or personal life, proving you have what it takes both physically and mentally to compete and hang, has been something I have learned how to master over the years. As an athlete that drive to be better was always within me. As a student...not so much. certainly not for a lack of trying though. But anything sports or fitness related has pushed me to reach farther and be better than I was yesterday. With corona slowing the world down to a standstill, my workouts and learning all turned to my couch where I got stronger mentally and physically each day.
To some I may be jacked, to others im that scrawny trainer, and to others I just fall somewhere in between. But having to prove my worth in both knowledge and expertise is what drives me to continue learning, continue growing, and to continue to get stronger in every aspect of my life.
Here's to strong women everywhere that continue to push past the threshold. Push past the looks. Don't hold back. And keep fighting each day to be better than yesterday.
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