002: Defeating rheumatoid arthritis to train like a Ninja - American Ninja Warrior Abel Gonzalez
Women's Wellness ON AIR WITH ELLA
Ella Lucas-Averett
5 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2015
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
American Ninja Warrior Abel Gonzalez talks to us about mastering our inner Ninja first, how he's conquering life's obstacles and living his purpose to help others along the way. “I had to start doing some self examination – who am I ? what am I doing?
Abel tells us:
- How he left a great paying job in the oil industry to take a risk - waited in line for FIVE days - and ended up making history on NBC
- What is was like going from “indestructible” to falling apart due to rheumatoid arthritis
- What finally helped him overcome abandonment, anger and some pretty tough circumstances
- What “normal" people can do to train like a ninja (no gym required)
- His two secrets for getting stronger as he gets older
Listen in on this Ninja’s inner game. This is one seriously motivating dude.
“You have to appreciate life. You’re here for a reason... You’re given an opportunity. A circumstance, yes, but an opportunity."
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| 0:00.0 | everybody's going to have hardship in life. |
| 0:02.2 | There's always going to be obstacles, always for everybody. |
| 0:04.4 | It's a matter if you're born rich or poor, you're going to have obstacles. |
| 0:07.9 | You have to have a positive mindset, a positive outlook on life. |
| 0:11.5 | From there, nothing can really stop you. |
| 0:14.9 | Welcome, you're on air with Ella, where we share simple strategies and truths from people who are doing something better than |
| 0:21.8 | we are, whether it's wellness or fitness and fat loss to just living better and with more |
| 0:26.9 | energy or changing your mindset to accomplish more in your own life and succeeding however |
| 0:32.3 | you define it. This is where we share the best of what we're learning from the experts, |
| 0:36.7 | and we're learning more every day. |
| 0:39.0 | Live better. Start now. |
| 0:45.4 | Hi, everyone. I am really thrilled to share our guests with you today. His name is Abel Gonzalez. |
| 0:51.3 | And in case you don't know the name, you will know the face because Abel |
| 0:54.9 | Gonzalez was a season six competitor on American Ninja Warrior, where I saw him for the first time |
| 1:01.1 | and was truly amazed. And now he is in the audition process for season seven. Abel hails from |
| 1:08.3 | Chicago and lives now in Texas, where he is co-owner of Ground Zero Gym and works with kids and works with other athletes and is developing ninjas all over the place. |
| 1:20.1 | Abel, I'd love for you to introduce yourself a little bit in your own words and then we'll jump into your story. |
| 1:26.1 | Yeah, cool. First, thanks for having me. Well, |
| 1:29.0 | and Abel, I know we're catching you on the road today and folks, you'll hear some background |
| 1:33.1 | noise and that's because Abel was kind enough to talk to us in the middle of his day. At Ground |
| 1:38.3 | Zero Gym in Edinburgh, Texas. And things just don't slow down there, do theyel no it's it's it's surprising because of the show |
| 1:45.9 | i ended up you know not working anymore but i just been more busy than i've ever been in my life so it's |
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