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Winter 2017
PUSHING FIFTY
“It’s Only Difficult Until You Get Better!”
BY: KICA LOLIYONG USMC (RET )
NGA PRO PHYSIqUE
Idare you you you you to to to to find a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a better motivational quote than this one one with one one catch its applica- tion tion must must have no boundaries and it it it it must must be be 100% dependent on on on on on what you you you you decide to to do you you can can either keep grinding or you you can can choose to to give up My shift from BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH to Center Stage began at at the the advent of my 46th birthday when one look in in in the the mirror made me me me me realize that I I had settled for ffor mediocrity mediocrity In my mind mediocrity mediocrity takes zero effort to to achieve That has gotten me me me me to to think about changes Not in in in the the the classic evolutionary evolutionary way way rather in in in the the the revolutionary way way Revolution meaning change only faster Now as I I I sit at the doorstep of my 50th birthday birthday with a a a a a a shredded birthday birthday suit might I I I I add I I I I can’t help but shout out out loud “I went from BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH to CENTER STAGE” The reality is is that what you see today was always there It just just needed a a a a a a a a a a a a a a commitment to to to consistent lifting clean eating and mental adjustment to to to reveal itself Top it it it off by doing it it it naturally makes it it it that much more rewarding My lifting and and nutrition plans are no secret to the world Lift six days days days a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a week week eat eat clean seven days days days a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a week week repeat for for 365 days days days a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a year and and and stay natural for for life It’s simple consist- ent and effective The chronological aging process as relates to physiques for men looks something like this:
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