Champions DO

This blog was written by a very close friend and competitive bodybuilder, Rich Wallace. Rich is hands down one of the most dedicated and knowledgeable athletes I know. Thanks Rich....

CHAMPIONS DO   BY RICH WALLACE

What makes a champion?  Is it as simple as winning?  Some may believe that, but I think a champion is made up of much more than just a trophy.  To be a true champion, you must be willing to give everything you’ve got day in and day out.  It doesn’t matter how exhausted you are, how sore, broken, under the weather, or beaten you feel.  A champion will wake up every morning with the will to do whatever it takes to reach the top…the pinnacle of his respective sport.  A champion does not knowingly falter.  A champion is not perfect.  We all make mistakes and slip up here and there, but a champion does everything he can to ensure perfection.  He does not commit to reaching and exceeding his goal only to half-ass it on the way there.  Being a champion requires 100% of your focus every single day.  Do you want to be the nastiest, most shredded, muscular, and conditioned guy on stage?  Or do you want people looking at you like you don’t belong on that stage because the real champion came in so freaky that, while you may look good in the mirror or to your peers, you look like a chump next to him?  Which is it going to be?  Do you have the desire, dedication, and focus to reach the top?  It’s a rare thing, and if you have it, you damn well better embrace it and use it for all it’s worth.  Flip that switch and make sure you leave no question as to who the champion is on game day.  And even if you do not receive the trophy or your hand is not raised, you will know that you are the true champion.  You worked harder than everyone else on that stage, field, or whatever the arena may be.  You did not settle.  You poured every ounce of yourself into being the best from day one.

Champions slaughter every weight and every obstacle in the way, leaving in their wake a path of destruction.   Champions overcome.  CHAMPIONS DO.