Dedication

 














































 Pictured above is Redemption gym member Mindi - on her way to a current Squat PR of 2 Sets of 125lb x 5.

 Mindi's been working hard, making a comeback. She averages 4x per week in the gym - regardless of how she feels.

 She's overhauled her nutrition and the way she looks at food - a MAJOR step for her - leading to significant change in body composition.

 When she's going through a rough spot, she reaches out for guidance, support, and maybe the occasional gentle foot to the rear.

 She's kicking ass, pushing through resistance, and crushing the training and the lifestyle - working hard to be the best that she can be.

 Mindi has a family, and she owns and operates her own business - MH Financial CPA Firm, LLC.
She is extremely busy, works long, crazy hours, and is subject to enormous amounts of stress.

 Through all of this - in spite of all this - she makes a way to get to her training AND to eat in a way that supports her body and where she wants to be.

 None of this has been easy for her to do.

 She trains when she wants to stay home and crash. She eats when she doesn't want to, and she eats what she knows she should instead of what she'd rather eat.

 Mindi is DEDICATED.

 The product of her DEDICATION is significant fat loss and muscle gain, increases in strength and performance, and both hormonal and metabolic improvement.

 A side product of all of this, though - and one of the most overlooked yet important benefits of training - has been the development of her mental strength - her Will and Drive.

 Dedication to a cause or goal leads to discipline. It's how you can do what needs to be done to get what and/or where you want.

 It's basically being a grown up and doing the right thing as opposed to allowing your emotions to lead you around.

 We all have our areas where we can apply more dedication and discipline, where we're relying too much on inspiration and motivation instead of raw desire for something more, something better.

 We can look at people like Mindi - people who are too busy, too tired - overwhelmed and generally not spending their workday daydreaming about lifting weights and odd objects - yet who consistently show up and put the work in.

 We can see their progress, the momentum they create for themselves, and perhaps we can shake off our own excuses, our own childish need for everything to come easy, and find a way to dedicate ourselves to that cause we hold dear.

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