Today's Swole Fam spotlight is from John.

What's going on, Beches, welcome to the DailySwil podcast episode 2660, Friday, August, the 18th, and John writes,

For years on end, prior to joining you all, my fitness was one-dimensional.

Strength training three days a week and what I

thought was me adhering to mindful nutrition. Denial of how taught I was physically and mentally,

quote, oh, the occasional morning aches and pains was sleeping wrong and getting older. I didn't

handle said situation

right because of my shell shock and a particularly bad day, end quote.

Excuses are an interior decorator, making your comfort zone appealing so you can stay

all warm colored walls, satin couches, and silk drapes.

Looking internally through meditation has made me own up to discrepancies real quick

and helped me be hyper-aware to constant adherence of the work ahead of me.

In time, the yoga annihilated my aches and pains destroying the lame acceptance of, quote,

getting old.

I have purpose and fight in me that wasn't there

before to be self-reliant when I reach old age. It used to hurt sitting cross-legged on the floor,

and now I do so comfortably through my daily meditation. Unexpected, pleasant surprise, yoga has

also improved my aesthetics. I have more shape and contour to my once dense and blocky sort of

powerlifting physique. My health is no longer one-dimensional with adhering to the seven pillars. I now

feel complete in numerous ways I never could fathom. That is an amazing host, John. Thank you so much for sharing.

Where do I start with all that? Where do I start with all that? A couple things. The meditation and

the yoga, which in many ways go hand in hand, of course, we have pillar number five and six there of the seven pillars.

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