If I looked ahead and tried to see my 40th birthday when I was young, I would never have imagined my life today.

The training experiences I had, the anguish, all the friends I made!

The happiness of being able to transfer what I know and learn from what I teach!

Feeling the joy of a 'thank you' note from a client or an 'encouragement msg' from a coach.

Smiling alone with a good memory or crying after a big failure.

These are things that only the act of exercising and pushing myself through the limits could help me do. This is why fitness became so important in my life.

The unplanned way I started celebrating my 40th birthday as a Gladiator Contender.

If everything has been worth it so far, it's because there's still a lot to do.

Here's to another 40 years of living my life to the fullest!