He proved them all wrong
Whats Up Gymmers,
I am happy to report my youngest daughter is doing much better and returned to pre school today.
And I finally had a full night sleep last night.
So I am ready to rock n roll today.
Over the past few months, I have really been thinking about the concept of “re-building.”
I recently demolished my basement down to the framing in and am now currently REBUILD it into a second filming studio, my office, and the official movement lab of The MS Gym.
My girls know that downstairs is now DADDY’S GYM and if the door is closed, I am deep in thought, creation, or training.
They know that downstairs is where I create new programs, videos, and, in their words, “teach school” for our MS Gymmers.
Throughout all the remodeling, it has repeatedly struck me that because COVID-19 TOOK away my freedom, routine, and way of life, it forced me to seek solutions and DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE DESIGN for my life and practice.
It forced me to CREATE and INVEST time and money into a new location to better serve the MS Gym Nation, my family, and myself.
My new location will allow me to:
Film whenever I want without having to drive 35 minutes.
Purchase new equipment that will expand your and my movement practices.
Set up an area for DEEP NEUROLOGIC training that I will teach you.
What I am expressing to you is that sometimes in life, things are gonna look bad.
You will suffer.
You will hurt.
Everything will be turned upside down in what feels like an instant and you will be left with two choices:
1. Wallow in self-pity, frustration, fear, anxiety, and discouragement or…
2. Rise above it all, DESIGN A NEW PATH, and pursue a new life vision with passionate persistence.
Five years ago, one of your fellow Gymmers, John Dunham, laid in a hospital bed paralyzed from the neck down from an aggressive and rare form of MS.
As he listened to the clicking of monitors, felt the tube piercing his throat, and the throb of his IV needles in his arm, he realized that his life as he knew it was over.
His arms didn’t work his legs didn’t work, and the odds of him sitting up, standing, or walking again were not good.
Last year, when John finished the MS Walk here in Denver, he shared with me that it was in that hospital bed that he had to let go of who he WAS and BUILD A NEW LIFE, A NEW PATH, AND BECOME A BETTER PERSON because of his MS…
WOW, how many people do you know that just outrightly TAKE OWNERSHIP over their life like that and then take action to REBUILD a new life in the face of utter destruction.
The only part of his body John felt he COULD move was his toes.
So that is where he started.
He wiggled those toes over and over and over until his foot moved, then his ankle, then his fingers, wrists, legs, and arms after MONTHS AND MONTHS of hope-driven wiggling.
John updates us every 3-6 months and here was something he posted last year:
Take a sec to feel the DEPTH of John’s journey.
MS destroyed his body.
MS dismantled his career..
MS completely demolished what he had built.
MS almost took his life.
BUT Johnny never quit, he never give in, and he never backed down even during the WORST days where it seemed impossible that healing would happen.
He just kept moving… and now he walks UNASSISTED along his path toward victory.
I will never forget the first time I met John Duham in person.
It was right before our first MS Walk together.
We were waiting for the event to start and he turned to me and said, “MS saved my life and made me a good person.
I was on the path to losing the people I loved because I was focused on me. MS stopped me in my tracks, dropped me to the floor, and showed me that I needed to rebuild my life and do it better. Thank you for being part of this.”
I’m tearing up as I write this because John Dunham along with the rest of my MS Gym athletes are MY HEROES.
You are fighters. You are survivors. You are champions.
My role is to provide you the movement plans, coaching, community, and support to focus, guide, and unlock YOUR POTENTIAL to move and heal.
Do what Johnny did and just start. As you read, he started The MS Gym by wiggling his toes while he lay flat on his back 95% paralyzed.
So what can you do?
How much of your body can YOU move?
I bet most of you have a body that is much more functional that Johnny was as his lowest.
You have what it takes to counteract MS.
Your brain can change. Your body can heal. You can walk again just like John IF you follow the right path.
Your victory story is waiting. Move toward it.
If you're wondering how John is, he keeps IMPROVING.
He just posted a video last week of him walking and updating everyone on his progress.
Click here to watch John's update and recent progress
RISE | MOVE | HEAL
Trevor
PS If you're ready to join me, John and some of the most inspiring and supportive group of people you can imagine to help you with your movement plan, click here to join us