Legally Fit at One Year — Win the Day 201
Aaron Levine Aaron Levine

Legally Fit at One Year — Win the Day 201

When I recently told a friend that tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of when I launched Legally Fit, she said, “Wow, that went by fast!”  My response, “Not for me, it didn’t!”  This is my 45th post of the year – far more than I ever imagined when I set out to do this.  It added a whole new layer to my life – all while working my day job as a lawyer, maintaining a very active fitness routine, and living life to the fullest.  And as I reflect back to where it all began, it so appropriately started with my Win the Day post.

Of all that I’ve shared over the past year, there’s no method, concept, or mantra that I find more important to the success of my journey than winning the day.  I really do ask myself every day what it takes to win it.  Sometimes I win and sometimes I lose.  But focusing on what winning the day means each day is more about being in the frame of mind for success than it is about the actual wins or losses.  I win more days because I define it at the beginning of the day than I would if I simply looked back afterwards and only then thought for the first time about what winning meant.

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Legally Fit — Finding My Passion Project
Aaron Levine Aaron Levine

Legally Fit — Finding My Passion Project

Full disclosure . . . Legally Fit did not begin because I wanted to share my story.  In fact, I never wanted to do that.  Looking back on where I let my body get to was not something I enjoyed thinking about, and I rarely if ever spent time reflecting on it.  Those were not my happiest times, and even now as I write about my story here each week, reliving many of those moments brings back memories of embarrassment and shame.

The blog began simply because of my passion for fitness.  That’s what I wanted to share.  Over the past 11 years on this journey, I’ve learned so much while taking on many new activities and challenges, and I love everything about it.  But given that I am not a certified personal trainer or a professional athlete, I realized that the perspective I bring is one that must involve my story.  I am a lawyer who has learned the value of incorporating fitness into my busy schedule, and my life was forever changed by that lesson.

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Fifty for 50!
Aaron Levine Aaron Levine

Fifty for 50!

Today is my 50th birthday, and I’m celebrating it with friends on a golf trip at Cabot Cape Breton in Nova Scotia. In lieu of writing this week, I’ve come up with a list of my 50 fitness favorites at 50.

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