I did not have to – But I did it anyway

Most of you know the story of how I got kicked out of Navy SEAL BUDS training the first time.

The short story is that I failed a math test over half way through and got sent to the Fleet Navy to chip paint and swab the decks.

It was the most humiliating time of my life.

I could have been a little b@tch and demanded a “safe space” but I had a Inner Fire that could not be extinguished.

You see I did not have to go back to BUDS.

I could have made excuses and told my family and buddies back home that I got hurt and I got a bum rap.

But inside of me a freaking fire raged out of control and I was obsessed to go back.

I did not have to – But I did it anyway to save my Soul from a lifetime of regret.

The ship I was on was The USS Cleveland and to call it a rust bucket is being kind.

The weight room was a windowless metal room with hardly any ventilation and rusty dumbbells.

I set up camp in that dungeon and made it my home.

I did every conceivable bodyweight workout and routine ever devised.

I did walking lunges down the alley ways and pull ups under the stair well.

I could have complained that I did not have a top rate CrossFit facility and juice bar but I did not need that for my next battle.

I knew that the real battle would be between my ears as I turned off the outside static of those who said I could not make it.

On the ship they laughed at me and called me a “failure” as I had already proved them right – I had failed out of BUDS.

But I knew that just because you fail once that doesnt make you a failure forever.

You see – you are defined by what happens when you fall down.

Do you lay in the dirt and moan like a wounded animal?

Or do you slowly get back on your knees and say “F@ck this ….. I am better than this”.

You will always be defined by who you are in that moment of getting knocked down.

No one gives a Sh@t about what you do when the sun is shining and everything is going your way.

What matter is who you are and who you become when you get knocked down.

I tell my son that often. I try to relay the lessons that I learned in my failure in BUDS and how I turned my whole life around to success.

I wrote it all down in this Freak Frogman Ebook and I keep updating every year since I wrote it 5 years ago.

Even if you are not going to BUDS – we have had athletes use this to lose 10 lbs of fat and run their first 5k.

But my point is not to promote my book – but rather to say to you that I am here to help  you.

Just like there were others that helped me in times of need.

Email brad@sealgrinderpt.com with your question and I will answer.

Go ahead – I dare you to try me out. I answer every single email.

P.S. If you are interested in the Freak Frogman Ebook we have a deal through the Christmas Holiday use code “YOUR20OFF” to get 20% off the Freak Frog Ebook and any audios.

Train Hard!

Brad McLeod

SEALgrinderPT