Strength From Within
Bruce lost 40 pounds with P90X,
Insanity and Asylum and used the inner strength that he gained and the
relentless support from the Beachbody community to overcome the most
heartbreaking loss of a lifetime. Read his story below in his own
words.
Coach Bruce with his wife
and daughter.
My journey with P90X and
Beachbody began in 2009. I had gotten pretty lazy and gained quite a few pounds
being your typical couch potato. You know the kind, sitting on the couch or in
the recliner downing some chips and beer during a ball game. Then I
started seeing the P90X commercials on TV and kept telling my wife that I
should order that and start working out again. And her response was always the
same “Bruce, you will buy that and do it a few weeks then it will collect
dust,” but to my surprise after a few months of saying I would like to
try it she bought it and gave it to me as a gift. Well I started it and
that lasted about 2 days. After the first day of Chest and Back I could
barely get the covers off of me the next morning. Then after
Plyo….whew that was pretty much it. I thought this is just
too tough. Then of course I got the “told you so” speech
from my wife.
About two months after
that failed attempt at the program a co-worker was telling me about this new
workout he was getting ready to begin and how it was pretty intense and it was
90 days. So, I asked him if it was P90X and he said yes. Then and there
we made a deal to do it at the same time and keep each other accountable to
finish it. This time was going to be the time I got through it
and there would be no excuses. I knew if I was going to stay dedicated
to it I would have to workout first thing in the morning which for me meant
getting up at 3:00AM. This time my wife was behind me 100% and even
prepared all my meals for me every day. With my nutrition dialed in on
day one I took Tony’s advice and paced myself through round one so I had
something left for round two. I started feeling good about myself again
and I was seeing some good results from my hard work. Finally by the end
of phase two everyone was seeing my results and wanting to know what I was
doing and I would always say P90X. They would always say that looks so
hard and my response was, "Well I would say it is hard, but so worth
it." I made it past my first round of P90X and decided to do it
again, in fact I ended up doing 3 rounds of P90X before deciding to take it up
a notch and get P90X+. During my cycle of P90X+ I decided to become a
Beachbody coach. Initially I became a coach to get the discount because I had
decided to start taking Shakeology and what a difference that made in my
results.
After finishing up my round
of P90X+ I decided to tackle Insanity. Man oh man was that ever a workout for
those sixty days. Once I got Insanity I sat and watched the DVD’s.
Afterwards my wife asked me what I thought about it and I told her, “Well
in the morning when you get up, you might want to check the basement and make
sure I survived the workout.” Well I survived the sixty days and I
had talked my wife into joining a P90X challenge group and us do it together
and I would coach her to meet her goals and help with her nutrition. So
she did and we began the challenge together. I will never forget how tickled
she was when she finally got her blue Beachbody Challenge bracelet. She
always had it on. The only time that we actually got to workout together was on
Saturday’s but it was always fun because she would have me laughing the
whole time with the things she would be saying to the TV. After
every Saturday workout we always high fived each other and said great
job. Well my wife decided to draw an outline of her hands on the
wall so that I would still be able to high five her after my morning workouts
before getting ready for work. She made it halfway into the second phase
before my life took a terrible turn for the worse.
On October 26th my
daughter left her boyfriend and decided to come stay at our house for a few
days. On the morning of October 27th the day began as usual with me
getting up early and getting my workout in. After that I got ready for
work then had some breakfast. On the couch my daughter laid sleeping with her
baby boy and she woke up for a second and asked if I needed to turn the TV on
and I said “No baby girl I’m good, about to leave so I love you and
I will see you this evening after work." She said, “I love you too Daddy
have a good day.” Then I finished breakfast and went upstairs into
our bedroom and kissed my wife on the forehead as she lay sleeping and said, "I
love you baby." Pulling out of the driveway I even thanked God for having
such a great wife and kids. Later that morning my wife got up and came
online and we began to chat just like every other day. I ended up having
to walk away from my computer for a while and once I came back I never could
get back in touch with her. I began calling and never could get an
answer. My gut feeling took over and I ended up leaving work to go find
out why I could not get an answer from them. I arrived to a scene that
can only be described as something you would see in a horror movie. My
heart just sunk and everything became a blur after that. On that
day my wife and daughter were murdered in our house by my daughter’s
ex-boyfriend.
After a few days went by and
as arrangements were being made I decided that I should let my coach know
why I was not posting in the challenge group that my wife and I were in. He got
with the group and other coaches to let them know about my tragedy. Well
needless to say they all showed me such support and gave donations to help with
expenses. It really showed me just how much of a family Beachbody
really is. Even during all that I could still hear my wife
telling me I needed to keep hitting play so that’s what I did. I
went to my home gym and hit play and gave it everything I had. I can
honestly say that the workouts were a great relief during that time.
Every single day since,
before every workout, I still high five my wife’s outlined hands and kiss
them and say I love you baby then after each and every workout I high five them
again and say, "Great job Baby." My why? Well one stands
about 3 feet tall and the other is a little over 2 feet tall. My
grandchildren depend on me now and that gives me the drive to stay in shape and
active for as long as I can. I still hit it every morning at 2:30AM to
make sure I get my workout in.
He still high-fives her
every day.
I can’t begin to thank
Beachbody enough for all of the amazing programs they have to offer not to
mention the AWESOME opportunity they have provided me with. I have since
done the Body Beast program and I am currently awaiting the arrival of Insanity
The Asylum Volume 2. I have also become a P90X certified trainer and have begun
building my personal training client base. Currently I have 11 clients so
between that and my day job I stay a very busy man. Now I’m
focusing on paying it forward and trying to help all the people that I can
reach their fitness goals. I know that
is what my wife and daughter would have wanted and expected of me.
Each person I help in some way and every good thing that I do is in
their memory.
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