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I’m officially almost 2 months post-op. As I’m writing this, I’m on my flight back to Birmingham after spending the weekend coaching in Indiana. For the first time since surgery, I went the entire weekend without my scooter. Twenty-one hours of coaching. Countless conversations. Countless breakthroughs. This recovery has been one of the most humbling seasons of my life. For a while, I wondered if my biggest fear had become my reality. Coaching has never just been what I do—it’s who I am. Then something hit me this weekend… Even when life takes away one of your greatest strengths, it can never take away your purpose. I may not be flipping yet, but I was still able to coach. I was still able to pour into athletes. I was still able to help change lives. John and I watched athlete after athlete break through mental blocks that had held them back for months—some for years. The crazy part? Most of them didn’t need a new skill. They needed someone to believe in them before they believed in themselves. Sometimes a five-minute conversation can change the direction of someone’s entire career. That’s why coaching matters. That’s why leadership matters. And that’s why I’ll never let adversity write the ending to my story. If there’s one thing I hope you take away from this, it’s this: Your circumstances do not define your ceiling. Your response to them does. Every setback carries an opportunity to become someone stronger, wiser, and more resilient than you were before. This comeback isn’t just about my Achilles. It’s about proving—to myself and to everyone watching—that you can lose your footing without losing your purpose. We’re coming back. Stronger. Smarter. More grateful. See you all at the top. — Coach Jay

Welcome to Base Camp by Altitude. Before you do anything else inside this community — introduce yourself right here in the comments below. This is how you find your people. A base in Texas finds another base in Texas. A 15 year old male cheerleader finds other male athletes who get it. A flyer chasing her college dream finds someone on the exact same path. It all starts with this post. Use this format: Name: Age: Hometown: Position: Current gym or program: Biggest cheer goal right now: One thing I want to get out of Base Camp: Drop your introduction in the comments below and go find someone else who just introduced themselves and welcome them. That is the culture we are building here. The climb is better together. — Coach Jay

Not true. Coaches recruit consistency and coachability over raw difficulty almost every time. Having a full definitely mitigates the risk of you not making your dream team, but to be recruited overall and still get a good experience, this still holds true.

I tore my Achilles. For an athlete that is one of the scariest sentences you can hear. And I want to be honest with you about what that has felt like — because I think it matters for some of you who are going through your own version of adversity right now. The first thing I felt was not pain. It was the thought of everything I had planned that suddenly felt uncertain. But here is what I realized within the first 48 hours: The Achilles heals. The build does not stop. I cannot train right now. I cannot demonstrate on the mat. I cannot do a lot of the things that defined me as an athlete for most of my life. But I can coach. I can build. I can create. I can show up for the athletes and businesses I am responsible for. So that is what I am doing. This boot on my foot is not a pause button. It is just part of the story. If you are going through something right now that feels like it is slowing you down — I want you to know that the climb does not stop because of one setback. It just looks different for a while. Keep going. — Coach Jay