How Did You Find a Passion in Fitness and How do You Maintain it?

I believe one of the best things a person can accomplish in their lives is finding something they are passionate about. I feel so lucky to have found something that I am passionate about in life and continue to love every single day. But so many people haven’t found that yet, or have found something they are passionate about but find it hard to keep that fire burning. I believe it comes down to a few simple things, but here is my story, and the story behind the creation of CeeFit.

Growing up I was fortunate enough to play high school, club, and collegiate level water polo as well as swimming. My entire life I was basically given the proper tools to train and recover properly at a high level. When I finished with both of these, I found myself in a pretty severe downward spiral of weight gain and inactivity. As so many people do, I began to feel depressed, I lacked energy, and I simply did not feel good. It was at this moment in life that I began to look after myself again, incorporating some of those tools I learned throughout my athletic career. But I soon hit a wall and realized that I could not train the same way as I had in the past. I began researching and going out of my way to learn as much as I could about training and nutrition and that is when I fell in love with this process. The fitness industry is vast and there is so much more that we have yet to learn, but that is so exciting. I wanted to share my knowledge with those who found themselves in the same position I was when I began this journey. Between coming out of that and finding a passion for helping others in the gym and with their nutrition, I chose to start this style of blog in order to help people better their lives!

So I guess that brings me to the second part of the question. How do I maintain that passion? The simple answer, is that I don’t. There is no secret, trick, or anything like that to maintain your passion, or maintain activity related to fitness. If you quickly lose interest or have a hard time maintaining it then it is not a true passion of yours. That may be hard to hear and you may disagree, but if done properly I believe the results will inherently keep you interested. If you are not seeing results there are ways around that plateau to keep you motivated and inspired. That can range from actually adjusting your training to even simple things like buying new workout clothes! Feel free to reach out to us if you are stuck in a rut and need help getting out of it. That is ultimately our purpose as we try to create a positive and healthy fitness community.