With how much love Vic had for his family, friends, and life, it’s hard not to think maybe he’d regret not being more proactive about his health care. He had not been to the doctor to diagnose or treat his heart failure. He could have had more time. Vic loves a good lesson, a good share. He’s likely aiming to inspire us to take better care of ourselves through, exercise, nutrition, and routine screenings – so we can have more time doing what we love with our loved ones.

Bullet Points

  • (Re)Establish with a doctor, or primary care physician, and do whatever it takes to get the relevant screenings for yourself and your loved ones. https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/consumer-healthcare/what-is-cardiovascular-disease/heart-health-screenings
  • Get that heart-healthy 30min of exercise a day, don’t let aches and pains stop you. Learn to strength train and mobilize your body.
  • Nutrition Matters – Find an approach that works for you to keep your body and heart healthy.
  • Community – Build your active and healthy lifestyle with others for maximum reward and sustainability.
  • Take Action – All we have is now. If you’re saying you’ll do it tomorrow you’re stuck in a pattern.
  • Get New Knowledge – Exercise, healthier eating, it doesn’t have to be painful or miserable. It should feel good and build you up. Get professional help to learn the skills and build the habits of taking better care of your body.

Hi, my name is Andrew Araza, I had the good fortune of being Vic and John’s neighbor from around 8-12 yrs old, and John’s buddy since.

Vic was the catalyst for a lot of quality experiences in my life; including a trip to Cuernavaca for language school and a tour of their summer away from home.

Vic also spurred on my first entrepreneurial adventure with John’s Lawns’ lawn care business.

I caught the bug and still own and operate my own business as a fitness professional in Santa Barbara, Ca with Innatefitness.com and coachedbyaraza.com

EXERCISE

We all know exercise is good for the body, mind, spirit, and heart. Apparently, Vic wasn’t as active as he wanted to be because of pain in his hips and knees. Learning and implementing some key stretches and exercises can often solve this problem and keep you hiking, biking, and skiing until you get up there to meet Victor.

Having coached tens of thousands of group and personal training sessions. I can say with certainty this https://www.atgonlinecoaching.com/ is a legitimate program that can help you solve a lot of those nagging pain and issues that have been preventing you from living the active healthy lifestyle you want to have.

Victor loved a good deal, this program has been an incredible inspiration to me in my career as a fitness professional. As a human, it has helped me unlock a pain-free and confident body. $25 your first month, $50/mo after that you can literally copy down the program learn all the moves, and cancel membership.

If you’d like a more personal approach, meet with a coach or personal trainer in your area. Be clear about what you want and need to do, and strength and mobilize to accommodate.

I would be happy to jump on a call to help you clarify your goals, with some clear action steps. Schedule your free call with me here when you mention Victor McDonald.

NUTRITION

You’ve got to figure out what works for you but I’m a big believer in the anti-inflammatory magic of a nutrition plan that leans toward whole, unprocessed foods from nature like the Sapien diet.

ACTION PLAN

CONNECT WITH OTHERS and go do something active, lord knows Victor would love a couple of buddies getting together to hang out and do something productive.

GET NEW KNOWLEDGE If you’re not where you want to be you need new knowledge, check our podcast or a million other podcasts

TAKE MASSIVE ACTION Vic was always in motion making things happen. No matter what start building the habit of taking daily action to move and improve your health and fitness for yourself, for your loved ones, and for Victor.

Wherever you’re at, know you can get better. You might be afraid to get bad news, and you might not want to deal with the time and expense, but investing in yourself, and your longevity will always pay big dividends.

-Andrew Araza

Mr. Carson High 2003