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08/23/2026

Day 18.
I’ve had a disc issue since I was 17 — my L4, L5, and S1 vertebrae are merged together. Over the years, I’ve had several severe sciatica episodes, and once, a real motor issue: my entire left side stopped working. My calf, the back of my thigh, my glute — just gone, non-functional.

When I took on this challenge, I made myself one promise: nothing crazy. Even if it means I can’t pass the test, I protect my back first, always. Every single exercise gets filtered through one question — how does this affect my spine. That’s the real challenge underneath this challenge: protecting my back at any price.

It’s been a little rocky. I’ve had a couple of flare-ups since I started, but I know my body well enough now to recognize them coming and stop in time. That’s a win in itself.

My other challenge — life — is still very much in motion too. I went to my old boss and said: you don’t get to just fire me after six years without trying to help me land somewhere. This week, I actually worked three days, which is genuinely good. I don’t know yet what next week looks like — I’m going back to the office to figure it out together. But I feel a little more relieved right now than I did.

So here’s where I am: doing well, not quite as well as I hoped. My body is responding a little slower than expected. But I’m still here. Still doing it. That counts for something.

I’m 53, tested against the US Marine Corps 26-30 age bracket standard, training around a serious spine condition, still in it.

08/16/2026

Day 15. These past days have been an emotional rollercoaster. So much is going on in my life right now.

As you’ve seen in previous posts, I lost my job, and my lease is going to expire — despite all of that, I’m still doing this challenge. Mentally, it’s weighing on me. Today was actually my last working day. I went in to pick up my final check.

You can see me in this video trying to pull myself together, trying to keep going. I am certain I can finish this — unless some very difficult schedule, a new job, gets in the way in the next few weeks. Whether I’m going to win, I honestly don’t know. My training has been strong. But emotionally, right now, I’m unstable. I need to work on programming my mind the way I’ve been programming my body.

I’m 54, untrained for ten years before this, taking on the US Marine Corps physical fitness test — not just a physical challenge anymore, but a real test of mental strength.

08/11/2026

DAY 12. My birthday. I started the day amazingly and celebrated my 54th birthday. Then, boom. I lost all of my design files from my computer, and on the same day I found out I was being fired from my job, effective at the end of the week. I was very surprised and disappointed. Of course it affected me, but I didn’t want to think about it too much. I didn’t want what was happening in my life to become the reason I gave up on my 45-day challenge to attempt the U.S. Marine Corps graduation Physical Fitness Test.

I am 11 days ahead with my training, but for the past five days I haven’t trained because I had a very bad back issue, and mentally I’ve been struggling with suddenly not knowing what my next step is. So I took a couple of days off. That does NOT mean I’m breaking the 45-day challenge or starting over. I’m simply continuing from Day 18. I’m 54 years old, I was basically untrained for almost 10 years, and unless an injury physically stops me, I’m not giving up.

Life happens. Injuries happen. Losing your job happens. Apparently sometimes all at once. 😂 But I’m still here. I’m strong, and the mission continues. DAY 18 — here we go. 💪

08/09/2026

I’m 54 years old. I haven’t trained seriously in almost 10 years, and I gave myself 45 days to see how close I can get to completing the U.S. Marine Corps fitness test. I used to be an athlete. I competed in Muay Thai, placed third in a World Cup and won the Hungarian Championship several times. Then life happened, years passed, and I lost strength, muscle, and abilities I once took for granted. So at 54, I decided to start again — not from where I used to be, but from where I am now.

I decided to document all 45 days because I wanted to show what starting again actually looks like. But today, on Day 12, I am incredibly burned out. Not from the training — from documenting it. I record from early morning until late evening, then go through all the footage, find the story of the day, cut the video, choose the music, edit it, and try to turn an entire day into a few minutes. It takes 2–3 hours every day on top of actually doing the challenge. And then 100–200 people see it. 10–15 people like it, and usually six of those are my family. Today, that really got to me.

If I only wanted to challenge myself, I wouldn’t need to record a single second of it. I’m documenting it because I wanted to share the journey, reach people, and maybe inspire someone else to start again too. Today, for the first time, I seriously thought about stopping the series. Not the challenge — the series. I don’t know what I’ll decide tomorrow, but if I’m going to share this journey honestly, then this is part of it too.

Day 12 of 45.

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