Urban Legacies
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| Urban Legacies are great examples of real people who find balance in life using all different types of sports. You will learn from those who actively practice the art of balancing fitness into their lifestyle. These are the people who find themselves in shape and staying in shape year after year. These are the people who have found the secret that works for them. Balance is what fitness is today. Everyone knows you need to eat clean and drink water and do your reps and your cardio - that is standard today. What we are all looking for in our workouts today is balance. What is balance? It’s a mix of all of your values! Values lay the groundwork for your goals. Your goals lead to the creation and fulfillment of your mission. Your mission leads to the realization of your life’s work and your legacy. Now you don’t need to be rich to be balanced - you just need to have drive, passion, and a mission in mind for yourself. Everyone has their own secret to being fit. You just need to find yours. Examples are good for us. We can see how and what fit people do to find balance, learn their secret to staying fit, and use those parts of their experience that may work for us. |
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Sean is a great example of a real person who uses fitness to find balance in life. Sean says, "Physical activity has always been very important to me. I was a high-school athlete - I played soccer, football, baseball, you name it. I worked as a sports official and ran the intramural sports department to put myself through college." Playing sports kept Sean physically fit until several years ago when he tore his ACL in his right knee. After surgery, he returned to his routine and actually tore the same ACL again! Sean knew he had to change... |
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Boxing is a passion for Deirdre, who started it just for fitness but fell in love with the workout and the lifestyle that it gave her. She found balance with boxing in her life. |
"Duck Dive, Duck Dive” – a phrase Brad Bennett had never heard before he started surfing four years ago. The water has always been Brad’s passion; he has been diving for 25 years. He is so much a diver that he spent years cleaning the bottoms of boats in San Diego boatyards while they were in the water. Despite the sea lions and what the nasty sea threw at him, Brad found himself still out there cleaning away day after day because of his pure passion for being in the water. But it was just four years ago that Brad found a new passion in the water that made him feel, “This is it - this is what I have been searching for in my workout routine”. |