College Admissions Essay: Obstacles In My Life
The sweat poured down my body. I knew I had to give everything in this moment. Right here right now soaked and drained. Every breath I take in I realize I am overcoming everything. Obstacles in life are very much like the increasing weight and strain I apply to my body. The love I have for bodybuilding is rooted with a dark past. I feel serenity knowing that I am the only one who can break myself down just to build myself back up. My whole life I allowed others to beat me down and hold me back. I have developed a new kind of mental toughness through my competitive drive to continually better myself everyday. The decision to get deeper into this spurred from a terrible place in my life. Living in an abusive home when I was younger taught me that no one should ever be able to hold power over you.
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I learned I am the only person in my life who has power over me.
The only person I can blame is myself. I first discovered my passion in the beginning of high school. Nothing at this time was ever easy. Everything was new and I just left a tragic home life. Anxiety was at an all time high when I was at an all time low. I met a trainer, who saw me in a different light. He believed in me when no one else did. He is the one I accredit to getting me back on my feet leading me down the right path. He showed me routines and a training style known as heavy weight training. This is a style where you do minimal reps and a lot of weight to gain strength. I began thinking on how I always felt little no bigger than an ant. Strength training gave me a power and a self-love in which is indescribable. I knew it was healing me when I craved the tension and pressure on my body. I always knew when I would lift I was getting stronger both mentally and physically. I was finally moving on and gaining reassurance that I could overcome my
hell.
I have consistently struggled to see myself in a positive light and it is not long before that pit of negativity starts to consume me. I now take better care of myself and have developed a passion for the healthy lifestyle. The correlation of my mental state to my desire to bodybuild has proven to greatly impact me for the better. As I, lift I feel a sense of pressure releasing from my mind. It all clears out and for once I can breath a different kind of air. I feel a positive energy that I can watch because it is right within my reach. Through the new lenses of a positive perspective I have gained an overwhelming confidence and physical ability. The gym is like another home so many faces and so many people with the same goal, each rooted from different stories fighting different battle wounds.
The greatest feeling I have ever experienced is watching my legs collapse right under me and having the strength to get them back up. I realize I will always stay standing tall and I will always go through a failure before I will ever obtain a success. For failure is how I learn what I am fully capable of doing. Every crunch, pull, and push there is a determination in my physical being I can no longer ignore. The fire continues and it will never extinguish because no matter what I will always do this. I am no quitter, I’ll never let this go no matter what happens. I fight the odds and wear my name strong.
I learned I am the only person in my life who has power over me.
The only person I can blame is myself. I first discovered my passion in the beginning of high school. Nothing at this time was ever easy. Everything was new and I just left a tragic home life. Anxiety was at an all time high when I was at an all time low. I met a trainer, who saw me in a different light. He believed in me when no one else did. He is the one I accredit to getting me back on my feet leading me down the right path. He showed me routines and a training style known as heavy weight training. This is a style where you do minimal reps and a lot of weight to gain strength. I began thinking on how I always felt little no bigger than an ant. Strength training gave me a power and a self-love in which is indescribable. I knew it was healing me when I craved the tension and pressure on my body. I always knew when I would lift I was getting stronger both mentally and physically. I was finally moving on and gaining reassurance that I could overcome my
hell.
I have consistently struggled to see myself in a positive light and it is not long before that pit of negativity starts to consume me. I now take better care of myself and have developed a passion for the healthy lifestyle. The correlation of my mental state to my desire to bodybuild has proven to greatly impact me for the better. As I, lift I feel a sense of pressure releasing from my mind. It all clears out and for once I can breath a different kind of air. I feel a positive energy that I can watch because it is right within my reach. Through the new lenses of a positive perspective I have gained an overwhelming confidence and physical ability. The gym is like another home so many faces and so many people with the same goal, each rooted from different stories fighting different battle wounds.
The greatest feeling I have ever experienced is watching my legs collapse right under me and having the strength to get them back up. I realize I will always stay standing tall and I will always go through a failure before I will ever obtain a success. For failure is how I learn what I am fully capable of doing. Every crunch, pull, and push there is a determination in my physical being I can no longer ignore. The fire continues and it will never extinguish because no matter what I will always do this. I am no quitter, I’ll never let this go no matter what happens. I fight the odds and wear my name strong.