Yearly Archive October 17, 2013

BelleyFit Training – Boston – Marshfield, Massachusetts – South Shore

“Take Pride In How Far You Have Come,

And Have Faith In How Far You Can Go.”

Truer words have never been written, or spoken.

To embrace the challenges, overcome them, and move forward enlightened with your efforts is an overwhelming emotion. It is no coincidence that these obstacle races and events have blasted off into the mainstream.

They are empowering.

They are enlightening.

They are awakening.

You can test yourself among a myriad of skill and fitness, physical and cerebral movements, toward a better, fitter, stronger, more intelligent you.

I will never forget my first obstacle based event. I was 15, Sophmore year of high school. I was part of a youth leadership/betterment group and we took our chances against an outward bound course on an island off of Boston, Massachusetts.

I remember helping everyone, being a bridge for others or a cargo net-of-self to help my peers over walls and cross traverses. I remember feeling powerful within. I remember the moment of feeling Alpha. I remember the pride. I remember sitting on the steps of our city stoop after school that day and not being able to contain myself about it to my mother. Rambling and rambling as cars drove past, myself shirtless, scratches and scars, the sun still radiating heat off the pavement city street.

That feeling fortunately came back to me in 2009 at a little unknown event aiding my friend Mike in the Peak Races summer Death Race in Pittsfield, Vermont. There I met Andy and Joe. There I rediscovered something I loved to belong to.

Since that day in Vermont there has been no looking back.

I’ve entered dozens of events, ranked high in the Reebok Spartan Elite Series, been having fun with other courses like Metro Dash and REI Muddy Buddy. My girlfriend Alicia and I even snagged a first place finish in Atlanta/Conyers, Georgia as partners in crime, “Team Thunder-buddies For Life” at a Muddy Buddy.

All in all having good fun with family, friends, clients and anyone else I can share the experience with and help along the finish line. And sometimes, I’ve been helped by these same folk.

That is the greatest thing about these events. They bring people together. Unlike running, or a triathlon there is a real sense of family and help with one another. Everyone is embracing the suck together, therefore, everyone helps one another move through the suck.

And there may not be one true way to train for these events, as they are ever changing, but there is absolutely a way to strengthen yourself to accept and conquer the challenges these events pose.

Fortunately, I’ve been through and experienced the suck, some of the worst (Winter, Summer, Mexico, Team) Death Races, ultra marathons, marathons, and although I may not have finished all of my goals, I DNF’d far beyond what most would endure, and I attribute that to my training style and methods within the walls of 32 Riverside Drive, Pembroke, Massachusetts. Of course some of our training also takes place on hills and mountains, trails and streets, beaches and playgrounds, but the majority takes place at 32 Riverside.

If you’ve been playing with these events, and are ready to take it to the next level, improve your time, improve your ability to handle the pain, improve your ability to navigate the course like you belong on it, then I would love to help you bridge to the other side,

Interested athletes/racers/trainees need only send an email to rob@rbfit.com

From there we can work together to get your body in the best shape possible to crush these events, head on, and find a little more about yourself, than you already know…

I know I continually find the better version of myself out there in the earth, wind and mist.

Please advise, nothing in life “worth attaining” is simple. It takes work. Hard work, And I dig the brilliant minutes of it.