Embrace Your Pain: How Adversity Can Accelerate Your Success with Shane O'Connor

When life knocks you down, do you give up, or do you get back up and fight? There are many things in our lives that we can control. However, there are many more things that we have no control over and all we can do is react. We have two options: make life happen TO us or make life happen FOR us. Shane O’Connor was a Naval Officer on active duty when he discovered that he had testicular cancer. He was on the other side of the world with no friends, no family, and no support system. Shane had two options. He could let life beat him down and he could stay down, or he could get up, become fitter, become stronger, and become more resilient. Today, Shane is a cancer survivor, fitness & nutrition fanatic, amateur biohacker, knowledge seeker, athlete, an internationally performing musician, a graduate of the United States Naval Academy, ex-Naval Officer, fitness coach, master’s degree graduate, an avid adventurer (33 States, 35 Countries), and real estate developer & investor. On this episode of the Fall In Love with Fitness podcast, Shane and I discuss why he became motivated to join the Navy, his battle with Testicular Cancer, and how he shifted his health identity from chubby and overweight to badass athlete.