Training Is Ascesis: Doing It Anyway
What the video says
The speaker says four words can change your life: "I do it anyways." He lists obstacles including tiredness, lack of support, fear of loss, fear of failure, and fear of rejection. After each obstacle, he repeats that he does it anyway.
Key moments
- Four words that will change your life.
- I do it anyways.
- Tired, I do it anyways.
- No support, I do it anyways.
- Scared of loss, I do it anyways.
- Afraid of failure, I do it anyways.
- Fear of rejection, I do it anyways.
Tim, a catechumen of the Greek Orthodox Church, connects physical training with ascesis, the ascetic discipline of the Christian life. He introduces himself as someone almost two decades into fitness, including some competitive experience, who has also built his own successful business. On his account he shares his learnings and obstacles on the way toward Orthodoxy, and he invites readers to follow him to grow together in faith, fitness and business.
The core of his message is a short phrase he says can change a life: "I do it anyways." He lists the obstacles that stand in the way of any discipline: tiredness, lack of support, fear of loss, fear of failure and fear of rejection. After each one he gives the same answer. Tired, I do it anyways.
No support, I do it anyways. Scared of loss, I do it anyways. Afraid of failure, I do it anyways. Fear of rejection, I do it anyways. The repetition is the point: the obstacles change, the response does not.
He frames this persistence as training in the ascetic sense, the same willingness to continue despite resistance that ascetic practice asks of a Christian. He closes with thanksgiving: "All praise to the Lord. Amen."
Main points
- Tim, a catechumen of the Greek Orthodox Church, says training is ascesis.
- Four words can change your life: "I do it anyways."
- He names the obstacles: tiredness, lack of support, fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of rejection.
- To each obstacle the answer is the same: I do it anyways.
- He shares learnings on Orthodoxy, fitness and business, and closes: "All praise to the Lord. Amen."