I originally published this on my medium blog. Creating an archive here
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A lot of people have told me in the past few years that when you work in a corporate or your own business you won’t be able to focus on your health. I have a problem with it.
(Update: I have now worked for ~2 years in the corporate life. Haven't had any trouble working out. It is all about wanting to do it. Now I hear people tell me to have a kid & see if I can workout then at their age. Lol. It is all cope because they cannot do what I do so they try to make an excuse. Don't be that guy & put others down. When I am in my 30s I will be in better shape than I am now. I am not "maintaining". I workout everyday to get better & stronger.)
Let me get one thing out of the way: if anything doesn’t let you focus on your own personal health or fitness, it is not worth doing. It is every man’s obligation/responsibility to be strong and stay fit. Otherwise what is the point? We owe it to our families, our future generations and most importantly, to ourselves.
Now let me tell you a story about my dad. He is 56 as I write this on 18 March 2021. When I was born, he had been grinding in his business for a couple years. We had nothing then and he worked 12–13 hours a day. Still does. Gave me a better life, sent me to a better school etc etc. Throughout all this, I have seen him work out almost every single day ever since I can remember (He does yoga/calisthenics). He can do a free handstand even at this age. It pisses me off that I can’t do it, but he does. He has never let anything get in his way to lead a healthy lifestyle because that is what matters the most. How else would anyone look after their people?
I have my own story too. In March last year due to the lockdowns gyms were closed. We were all stuck at home. I could not lift. I did not give up. I did bodyweight stuff, kept working to arrange equipment. All my friends were getting fat, eating food etc. I got in the best shape of my life one year later by not stopping. I kept going, kept getting better despite so much going on outside in my life. There’s plenty of other people who I know of who have better job, better pay, busier schedules than me and they too find time to train.
So all those people who say they don’t have time to workout, methinks you just lazy and making excuses. Sure, there may be a tiny amount of people who truly are stuck in a phase in life where they may not be able to take care of their health right now. But they are very few. I wish them the best and hope they can get out of that phase because I believe health is truly important.
Rest just make excuses.
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