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AVERIE SOTO MELISA PATERSON
CHASING THE LIGHT
with Roxanne Yadao
need your help!” said Dr. Gelb.
As a personal
The agility tests came before the run and Dr. Gelb passed them all.
“Sure, what can I do for you?” I asked.
Just before our run, I looked down and started to pray.
Dr. Gelb was a three-star gen- eral in his 50s and a physician.
“What are you doing?” Dr. Gelb asked.
“I was diagnosed with a neurological disorder. I can’t walk up the three flights of stairs to my bedroom, and it’s hard for me to grip anything.”
The author learned through training for a military physical fitness test with her client that anything is possible when you believe in yourself.
“I like to pray before a race,” I said.
It sounded serious.
“All right,” I said. “If we work together, we can do this.”
strengthening exercises with dumbbells and bands several times a week.
He looked up at the sky and said, “He’s watching ... we’re gonna do this.”
“What do the doctors say?” I inquired.
I have never felt so con- fident. We finished the run under 16 minutes. Dr. Gelb earned his four stars, and I learned to believe in myself in a deeper way than I ever had.
Learning To Achieve Goals Together
“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy and inspires your hopes.” — Andrew Carnegie
“I
trainer, I help clients meet their fitness goals.
On the day of the test, I was more nervous than he; I knew I needed to achieve my goal for him to accomplish his. I couldn’t slow him down, or all would be lost.
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“Don’t listen to the doc- tors!” he snapped.
But could we? He was fac- ing medical issues, and I’ d never done anything better than a 10-minute mile. Yet, I agreed to accompany him on his 2-mile run. We would succeed or fail together.
Vitamin supplements and nutrition also helped him gain muscle and vigor.
That was just his initial challenge. His major goal was to be a four-star general. This entailed passing a physical fit- ness test consisting of push- ups, sit-ups, pull ups and a 2-mile run in 16 minutes.
To tell you the truth, I was scared. We had six months.
After the second month, Dr. Gelb was able to walk up the three flights of stairs to his bedroom and sleep in his own bed. He developed the strength to curl 10-pound dumbbells and squat almost 100 pounds. Soon, he was
Roxanne Yadao is a per- sonal trainer in Hawai‘i.
Chasing The Light is pro- duced by Lynne Johnson and Robin Stephens Rohr. Edited by Sharon Linnéa.
Dr. Gelb was my client, and he had asked for my help.
We began right away with sit-ups, push-ups and
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