I stopped chewing my breakfast and took a step closer to the TV…
I noticed something intriguing about the silver medalist that had just stepped onto the podium.
Something that both reminded me of my last blog post ( At 41 She’s As Toned As Swimmers Half Her Age…)… and… further cemented that “No Excuse” mentality that I want you to get a feel for (and probably give it a try if you’re not doing so already).
What am I talking about?
Who was on the podium?
Well, for starters imagine paddling for 500 meters… (just over quarter of a mile, 0.310 miles to be exact)… in under 2 minutes?
You gott’a be in great shape and super fit, right?
Next, picture yourself lining up against eight top athletes who are dead-serious about getting past you in this race.
(We’re talking Olympic medals).
One athlete is the 2004, Athen’s Olympic bronze medalist and 18 years your junior (plus, other athletes who are 11, 13 & 14 years younger).
Most folks would stake the odds against you.
Most would outright believe it impossible (just like those moments when you put up all kind of excuses: why you can’t get slim, slender and lean).
Yet one lady managed to beat the odds.
That’s Italian canoer Josefa Idem Guerrini who, at age 43, squeezed her way into the silver medal in Beijing’s Olympics this past Saturday.
Josefa believes that…
“A long sports career studded with great results is like climbing a mountain and reaching the summit. At the top there is an incomparable view.”
And… with a total 5 Olympics medals (one gold, two silver and two bronze), plus some 35 international medals during her career… that’s proof she’s still at her prime.
Surely it takes immense preparation (both mental and physical) to win Olympic medals.
Surely there’s a special “Sacrifice And Dedication To Achieve Your Goals” aspect to reach such elite levels.
I hope this inspires you to get up and get moving.
I hope this inspires you to take on new habits that’ll have you seeing a lean, slender figure sooner than you thought possible.
Best wishes,
M. Jamal
P.S. You can check out the Olympic podium photos for that even by clicking here.
Most of the videos I found about Josefa are in Italian. So here’s a feel for the energy and physical endurance that goes into such a race; from the 2007 World Championships. (Notice, Josefa didn’t even make it to the top 3 in this race. Yet she came back to steal an Olympic medal a year later)
OK, here’s another one if you wann’a see Josefa in ‘close up action’. It’s Athen’s 2004 Olympics semifinals. She went on to grab a sliver medal.
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