Jeff Cavaliere

There's that saying, the start is what stops most people, right? But at the same token, it's not the obstacle that's in your way. It's the fact that the path of least resistance is more inviting. So you wind up saying, well, I don't know. I could just sit on the couch and watch this. I'm not going to go to the gym.

And believe me, there's even nights now for me where I'll be with one of my sons and we'll be in his room putting him to bed. I might fall asleep in there and wake up and it's late at night. I don't even think. I let my dogs out. I go right outside. I walk.

And believe me, there's even nights now for me where I'll be with one of my sons and we'll be in his room putting him to bed. I might fall asleep in there and wake up and it's late at night. I don't even think. I let my dogs out. I go right outside. I walk.

Sometimes I'm literally half asleep as I'm walking, but I know if I can get to the gym, get in there, turn on the music, and kind of put the lights on and do one warm-up set, I'll be good. And if I even sat down for a second— I might find that path of least resistance to be a lot more inviting and that couch to be a lot more comfortable.

Sometimes I'm literally half asleep as I'm walking, but I know if I can get to the gym, get in there, turn on the music, and kind of put the lights on and do one warm-up set, I'll be good. And if I even sat down for a second— I might find that path of least resistance to be a lot more inviting and that couch to be a lot more comfortable.

And then once it becomes something that you enjoy, because for the most part, I think you probably enjoy it now, right? The process. It becomes a lot easier to make that automatic step. But there's still going to be days, you know, maybe a long day of shooting, you know, and you're going to be like, maybe not today.

And then once it becomes something that you enjoy, because for the most part, I think you probably enjoy it now, right? The process. It becomes a lot easier to make that automatic step. But there's still going to be days, you know, maybe a long day of shooting, you know, and you're going to be like, maybe not today.

But if you stop the negotiation with yourself and you just go and make that first action, that's all it usually takes to get you through the door and you realize what you were set out to do.

But if you stop the negotiation with yourself and you just go and make that first action, that's all it usually takes to get you through the door and you realize what you were set out to do.

Oh man, they're life-changing. It's part of the why that keeps me going, hearing some of these stories. I had a live event recently, a few years ago, first one that we ever had. So I was a rookie. I didn't know how it was going to go. But part of that event was a competition that we ran. So anyway, we had a guy who was in his late 50s, first one to do the competition. So he drew number one.

Oh man, they're life-changing. It's part of the why that keeps me going, hearing some of these stories. I had a live event recently, a few years ago, first one that we ever had. So I was a rookie. I didn't know how it was going to go. But part of that event was a competition that we ran. So anyway, we had a guy who was in his late 50s, first one to do the competition. So he drew number one.

So he goes, and the first thing we had was a 300-yard shuttle, which is just a 50-yard distance they had to run to the cone and back. That's 100 yards back and forth again and back and forth again. It was extremely hot that day. It was like 95 degrees because of course I ran the event in July and it was like, okay, this is not going to work out so well.

So he goes, and the first thing we had was a 300-yard shuttle, which is just a 50-yard distance they had to run to the cone and back. That's 100 yards back and forth again and back and forth again. It was extremely hot that day. It was like 95 degrees because of course I ran the event in July and it was like, okay, this is not going to work out so well.

So anyway, he goes out, he comes back on the last run. He starts to windmill his arms. He's losing his balance forward. And I'm like, oh no. And he crashes down, wipes out, scrapes up his knee, blood all over the place. Okay, next kid comes up. He's up now. He goes, by the second station, he's overheated. He tried so hard. He has to stand out the rest of the competition because he overheated.

So anyway, he goes out, he comes back on the last run. He starts to windmill his arms. He's losing his balance forward. And I'm like, oh no. And he crashes down, wipes out, scrapes up his knee, blood all over the place. Okay, next kid comes up. He's up now. He goes, by the second station, he's overheated. He tried so hard. He has to stand out the rest of the competition because he overheated.

I was ready to put a stop to the games because I said, we just weren't prepared for this heat in this first time. Anyway, we continued. So the fourth drill up for the man that I talked about in the beginning was a sled push. And we had put 225 pounds on the sled. But that sled was on the pavement out in the parking lot from this gym that we hosted it at.

I was ready to put a stop to the games because I said, we just weren't prepared for this heat in this first time. Anyway, we continued. So the fourth drill up for the man that I talked about in the beginning was a sled push. And we had put 225 pounds on the sled. But that sled was on the pavement out in the parking lot from this gym that we hosted it at.

And the friction of the sled on the ground was not really something that was accounted for. It made it even more difficult. Well, again, he's got that bloodied up knee. He's pushing it. He gets it to the end, struggling. And now he has to pick up at the end a 100-pound kettlebell and walk it back. He goes down there.

And the friction of the sled on the ground was not really something that was accounted for. It made it even more difficult. Well, again, he's got that bloodied up knee. He's pushing it. He gets it to the end, struggling. And now he has to pick up at the end a 100-pound kettlebell and walk it back. He goes down there.

He grabs the kettlebell after a long, multiple attempt to get the sled down there. And I finally run down there and I said, his name is Craig. I said, Craig, dude, you don't have to do this. You're good. You're good. It's okay. And he's like, no. He says, I'm going to do it. And I start walking and he's crossing the legs over each other. It looks like he's going to go down again.