Oh boy what a past few weeks since I last wrote. Iām talking injuring my ankle and being in a boot and on crutches for almost two weeks, hundreds of bees taking over our new home and forcing us to live out of a hotel and much more.
It has been a busy few weeks but Ivy and I have managed.
I know Iāve written a lot about resilience in the past few weeks and thatās because this has been one of the times I've been most tested physically and psychologically.
I think sharing these ānon highlightsā of life is important.
Four weeks ago I got hit in the head at my professional basketball scouting event and ended up getting four stitches and a concussion.
Which meant I couldnāt lift weights for two weeks because it was shutting down my brain when I trained to put effort like that, at least that is how it felt.
I couldnāt run or do my usual six by three hour workouts a week and I was limited to resting, walking and standing beside the basket and shooting a few hoops to focus on form.
Then three weeks later I felt ready to get back into playing and working out. My third game back I scored 25 points and on my last jump shot the defender stepped under me which resulted in me landing on his foot and severely twisting my ankle.
Thankfully there is nothing broken but I still have to do an MRI to look at my ligaments and tendons. Itās been over one week at the time of writing this and itās still bad.
Iām currently at the Nashville airport with my boot and crutches on my way to Washington DC for the ICNM conference hosted by PCRM as we are one of the sponsors and where I am also going to lead a live training Friday morning with my wife Ivy. She will be doing all the working out and I the teaching, haha.
Iām sharing all this to say that when life tests you, it really tests you.
And this whole bee situation felt like a movie. Iāve never seen 400 bees take over a living room, kitchen and house like that. Anyway I digress.
These are the moments that count. These are the moments that reveal your character and give you an opportunity to improve it and build upon it.
Did I react perfectly this whole time? Absolutely not.
I had my moments where I shed a tear, where I was anxious, overwhelmed, annoyed but never was there a moment where I wanted to give up.
It did require me to change my plans a little bit like cancelling my next pro basketball scouting event in North Carolina in September which gives me more time to prepare for the Philippines early 2026.
But that is okay. This is just a slight adjustment to the course and not the end of the road.
Now I hope some of you are making the connection to your own fitness, fat loss and health journey here. Because we all know we can do our workouts and crush it with nutrition when life is good but can we when it is not?
And it does not have to look perfect because here is the truth.
I have not done a leg workout in four weeks post concussion combined with ankle injury. I have only been able to run once in the past four weeks and that was the game I played when I got injured.
But guess what? I focused on what I could do and that is do my best with my nutrition since Iām not moving as much, do some upper body workouts three times a week, sit in a chair and shoot basketballs, stand on one leg and shoot 300 shots a session, hold squat position and do my dribbling drills.
There is always something to do. You just have to accept that it might not be as much as you want it to be.
And I think that is the issue we face sometimes. We want to do so much and if we cannot do the grand action that will make us āfeelā like we are doing something, like we are progressing, then we do not end up taking that action because we do not feel it will make a quantifiable difference.
But here is the truth. It does. Any small action taken with the intention of improving yourself compounds drastically over time.
I understand it is hard in the moment to do it and honestly we get in our heads too much sometimes.
But here is the truth. There is nothing to it but to do it.
Who cares if it is big or small, if it looks or feels silly but when you make your comeback it will not feel or look silly.
Everyone will praise you for getting to your goal telling you things like I wish I had your discipline, I wish I had your willpower or maybe you will hear what I hear often for myself which is of course you did that, it is easy for you.
Those in my close inner circle of friends and family know what I went through, what I battled and how hard I work to get over the obstacles thrown my way. This is not supposed to be easy.
It is only on the sunny days where you slept well and wake up in a good mood which is a small percentage of the time. You have to learn to show up the rest of the days if you want to be able to have a body, health, life, relationship, career or whatever you dream of.
I built Fit Vegan Coaching for multiple reasons but one of them is because I want to help people live their most fulfilling and enjoyable life and I believe that having a fit and healthy body is the best foundation upon which to live and experience that life.
I hope this makes sense to at least a few of you, haha.
I hope you have an incredible rest of your weel and if this newsletter resonated with you please reply back. I love conversing with you all.
Sincerely,ā
āCoach Maxime