{"id":12943,"date":"2025-01-11T02:15:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T19:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=12943"},"modified":"2025-01-11T02:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T19:15:48","slug":"martin-fitzwater-celebrates-his-28th-birthday-with-28-life-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=12943","title":{"rendered":"Martin Fitzwater Celebrates His 28th Birthday with 28 Life Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The first few weeks of a new year are a challenging time as many of us try to maintain the resolutions that we have challenged ourselves to stick to, but thankfully Martin Fitzwater\u2019s 28th birthday offered us all some hope.<\/p>\n<p>Fitzwater had a great 2024 including finishing fourth in the Mr Olympia Open division in October, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/training\/martin-fitzwaters-peak-week-essentials-ahead-of-evls-prague\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beating his buddy Chris Bumstead to capture the Prague Pro Men\u2019s Open title<\/a> in November. Turning 28 years of age on January 8, Fitzwater used this time to remind himself, and his followers, just how to continue crushing it in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past day I had some time to reflect on the past 28 years of my life,\u201d wrote the out of this world bodybuilder in an Instagram post for his almost 300,000 followers. \u201cI thought I should share some of what really spoke to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Martin \u201cThe Martian\u201d Fitzwater\u2019s 28 Life Lessons<\/h2>\n<p>For those who need a push in the right direction, here is some warrior wisdom:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> Discipline is learned in the small things<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> Learning the basics of nutrition will stay with you forever<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> The fundamentals of lifting are the most important<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> Do everything with 100% effort<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> You can always learn something from your peers<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> Your dream is the only one that matters so don\u2019t listen to negativity<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> Respect is earned to treat everyone with respect<\/p>\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong> You are who you surround yourself with<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong> Don\u2019t take the small moments with family for granted<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong> Those that truly love you will support your dreams<\/p>\n<p><strong>11.<\/strong> Like-minded people with celebrate your success<\/p>\n<p><strong>12.<\/strong> Family always comes first<\/p>\n<p><strong>13.<\/strong> Love as how you would like to be loved<\/p>\n<p><strong>14.<\/strong> With time you will find people that believe in you. Just keep pursuing your dream<\/p>\n<p><strong>15.<\/strong> The chase for self-betterment is more rewarding that any dollar amount<\/p>\n<p><strong>16.<\/strong> A healthy mind leads to a healthy body<\/p>\n<p><strong>17.<\/strong> All great goals take sacrifice<\/p>\n<p><strong>18.<\/strong> Training with intensity rakes time. That\u2019s why having the fundamentals is so important<\/p>\n<p><strong>19.<\/strong> Having a good training partner can maximize progress<\/p>\n<p><strong>20.<\/strong> The journey is now always linear<\/p>\n<p><strong>21.<\/strong> Health is longevity<\/p>\n<p><strong>22.<\/strong> Saving is essential. A penny saved is a penny earned<\/p>\n<p><strong>23.<\/strong> The partnerships you choose to make are a representation of you<\/p>\n<p><strong>24.<\/strong> Money comes and goes but good people don\u2019t<\/p>\n<p><strong>25.<\/strong> Don\u2019t be afraid to ask questions<\/p>\n<p><strong>26.<\/strong> Money will come through your passion, just be patient<\/p>\n<p><strong>27.<\/strong> Most success comes from calculated risk<\/p>\n<p><strong>28.<\/strong> It\u2019s not about money it\u2019s about memories<\/p>\n<p>While different lessons will no doubt stand out to different individuals, Fitzwater\u2019s inspirational thoughts managed to cover everything from persevering with dreams to getting a handle on your nutrition, and he even threw in some financial advice for good measure! Fortunately, the big man\u2019s good intentions were not lost on his fans. \u201cThis is top tier,\u201d wrote one Instagram follower. \u201cYou are wise beyond your years,\u201d commented another. \u201cJust Bookmarked this,\u201d wrote yet another. Will we get 29 lessons next year? We can only wait and see.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more motivational musings follow Martin \u201cThe Martian\u201d Fitzwater on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/martfitzh2o\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/martin-fitzwater-celebrates-his-28th-birthday-with-28-life-lessons\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first few weeks of a new year are a challenging time as many of us try to maintain the resolutions that we have challenged ourselves to stick to, but thankfully Martin Fitzwater\u2019s 28th birthday offered us all some hope. Fitzwater had a great 2024 including finishing fourth in the Mr Olympia Open division in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}