All the best for the new year. What is the best way to go from being limited to becoming free? Sam Akoidu has five rules that have helped him get from limitation to freedom.
Akoidu’s story is very inspirational, and perfect for this Feel-Good Friday for the first week of 2022.
His journey began in prison as he was being accompanied by his family. Akoidu’s son wanted to be held by his father, but because of the visitation restrictions, Akoidu could not hold him.
“When we were in visitation, I wasn’t able to hold him. So he was going super crazy – you know what I mean? So that was basically the worst thing that ever happened to me, and it just made me really committed to not going back again,” explained Akoidu.
Akoidu claimed that he had started to put more emphasis on himself: spiritually, physically, and mentally.
“While I was locked up, I was just thinking to myself, How do I get my life back together? I have to work on myself physically, mentally, and spiritually, and so I would spend my time working out, reading books, studying the Bible,” Akoidu said.
“I kept it going, and then I started training people.”
His first “client” was actually while he was still in prison.
“The first person I trained was when I was locked up and I saw I could actually help somebody. So I thought, ‘Let’s keep this going,’ and since I got out, that’s what I’ve been doing.”
After Akoidu’s release, he kept working and eventually started his own business as a trainer for GB3 and MetalMark. In 2020 he decided to opened his own fitness center, appropriately titled, “Iron Bird Fitness.”
Iron Bird Fitness is owned by Sam Akoidu in Tower District. Each rule focuses on positivity, tenacity and teamwork.
His inspiring story airs Friday 12/31 at 10:00 p.m. on FOX26 News — just in time for some of you to start considering your New Years resolutions! pic.twitter.com/7Eb0FIYbQY
— Marie Edinger KMPH (@MarieEdinger) December 31, 2021
“The name Iron Bird, it just symbolized being free, but through being strong.”
Akoidu’s transformation and continued business operations in California after the pandemic is an example of the inexorable freedom that is his name.
Akoidu’s training objectives are centered around those 5 Rules, which are prominently placed at the entrance of his gym:
- Action Habit: Don’t just talk about your goals – be about them.
- Positive Self-Talk: Never be negative about yourself.
- Move in Silence: Your goals are like your children – don’t place them in just anyone’ hands.
- Continue Moving Forward: No matter how difficult things get, keep going.
- Fight: Fight for your dreams like your life depends on it.
“We try to focus more on actual overall health as opposed to just like, ‘Hey, I want to have bigger biceps.’ Bigger biceps are good! Everyone loves bigger biceps. But bigger biceps, plus emotionally stable – that would be good too,” laughed Akoidu. “We really try to focus not just on the physical aspect of growth, but then what it takes to grow mentally and emotionally and incorporate that into workouts.”
These elements are what give the program its strength and allow clients to reach their goals.
Akoidu’s final words of motivation are ones to live by:
“I feel like there’s this thing where everyone thinks, that, Well, it’s okay, I come from this and that so I can only travel this far.. Akoidu stated that you have the power to make your life what it is, as long as you’re willing to take full responsibility.
“But it first starts with you accepting responsibility, like, Hey, I do really play a role in wherever I’m at. If I do something about myself, maybe life will be different to.”
For those who want to kickstart their resolutions, these powerful words will be of great help.
Here’s the full interview with Sam Akoidu.
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