What is going on, everyone? Welcome to the fit, healthy, and most of all happy podcast. Thank you so much for tuning in today, everyone. We have an awesome episode of Mailbox Monday coming right at you. So as usual, I'm your coach and host, Josh, here's my co-coach and co-host. KG and I'm in the house. We got a great episode playing today. We really like the questions we were asked.

You know, these are some fun ones, some mental health ones, and some just general tips and advice, you know, kind of just going back to the basics.

We're going to be talking today a little bit, you know, about how to actually get people to talk to you less at the gym, how to deal with trauma during your journey.

Some of our favorite, you know, fun fitness movies and inspiration along many other great questions. So be sure to stay tuned. First and foremost, we're going to jump into our quotes as we do with our mailbox Monday. You know, we like to start with a nice little bit of motivation, a quote that really gets us thinking and that should hopefully get you thinking on your journey and really inspire you. So what's your quote, Kyle? My quote for the week is, and you can find this on our Instagram at Colossus Fit, C-O-L-O-S-U-S-F-I-T. We like to use Twitter to post some motivation, some fun stuff. So, you know, make sure to check that out as well, Colossus Fitness. But anyways, my quote for the week is it will hurt it will take time it will take sacrifice

it will take dedication it will be worth it and i just think this is so good and we posted a lot of

people you know related to it and i think just you know when it comes down to your journey

there's going to be a lot of times where you know you're going to want to give up it's going to hurt you know, when it comes down to your journey, there's going to be a lot of

times where, you know, you're going to want to give up. It's going to hurt. You know, you're going to have to sacrifice some things. You're going to have to be dedicated. And obviously, this depends on the level of, you know, just commitment you're able to kind of dedicate and like what kind of goals you're looking to strive for but at the end of the day like um you know all that time and sacrifice like

it's going to be worth it right it may not seem like it throughout the journey it may seem like it's just you're never getting there but it will be worth it no matter what you just got to keep going you got to stay focused you got to keep your head down and just you know do what you need to do and uh yeah once again it'll be worth it so it's just a friendly reminder It's Monday. Get out there. You know, stay focused on what you're striving for this week. Plan out your workout. It's putting your calendar exactly when you're going to do it, what you're going to do. And just, you know, the biggest thing is focus on your goals. Like, what are you striving for and why do you want it? And you guys will make some big things happen this week. Yeah, I think a lot of people make the mistake of saying, I'm going to get started with fitness, I'm going to be a journey of self development and growth. And, you know, they don't expect to see any, you know, trials and tribulations or, you know, have any hardship in that journey. And, you know, going in with that position of mindset is just asking to fail, right? You know, life is ups and downs. Your journey, there'll be days where you don't want to do it.

There'll be days where you're super sore.

We're like, I don't know how I'm going to survive. You know, you'll have to potentially deal with injuries, deal through hardship. And once again, most of your journey will be really positive. But you do have to expect, you know, it will be a little bit hard. It will take some time.

You're going to have to make sacrifices.

You know, at the end of the day, if it's like,

I want to eat a whole thing of cookies, you know,

as much as you might want to, you have to say, is this really worth it for me? Like, is this supporting my goal, you know, and you will have to make some sacrifices in that regard. You're going to have to stay dedicated. And once again, this little fun kind of way of saying it really does showcase the importance of that journey and it is something to be mindful of right you know kind of go in with that expectation that you're

going to have to overcome some hardship and you know pull yourself up you know when you fall down but

that's all part of the journey and you know even for thoughts this week i was listening to this

fun little audiobook how to get and stay motivated we did our own version of a podcast on some of our favorite tips there but he was even saying how you literally can't lose and you can't fail if you keep playing the game and same with fitness and wanting to look better be better you know you actually can't lose you have a long life and as long as you have a desire to do more and be in better shape and you know really work on yourself you know of course we'll

have our ups and downs but as long as you're striving forward you will see big leaps forward and you'll be

really happy because of it man that was so well said yeah and you know fun little side tangent too

Kyle actually got in you know big I guess uh motivator for Kyle originally was the Twitter remember

someone brought it up the other day that you were workout grind.

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