🦺 THE COMEBACK — Volume 1 · Base Camp by Altitude

🦺 THE COMEBACK — Volume 1

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

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🦺 THE COMEBACK — Volume 1