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sun rising up the Williamsburg Bridge

sun rising up the Williamsburg Bridge

keep on trucking

August 24, 2016 by Olvia Young

my bridge runs are a habit. a daily habit in fact. a habit that began about four years ago and has been a part of my routine ever since. i pretty much start my days with a 4 mile jaunt. not too long and not too short. like subway rides, i consider bridge runs to be my lens to new york city. these interactions are the way i see the big apple from a different angle...the ways i intermingle with people on a grand scale. they make me feel part of a really big community or feel very much alone. the subway exposes me to a concentration of so many different cultures, emotions, nationalities, socioeconomic groups and more. runs allow me to breathe early morning air (or hot garbage) and feel the energies around me in my own space as the city slowly wakes up around me. running and subway rides are efficient. short and sweet. when i ride via subway, i typically exit acknowledging how efficient transportation is and how grateful i am to have a roof over my head. when i finish a run, i am usually headed elsewhere but with so many emotions that i have to stop and write down my thoughts.

the other day, the most fantastic thing happened on the run i've done daily for four years.

i fell on my face.

in the middle of the bridge.

now, falling on my face isn't such a sporadic incident. one time many moons ago, I was walking on West Broadway with Chef White and I slipped on ice and fell face down in the middle of the street. he thought about taking me to the hospital until I lifted my head up and started laughing hysterically. the point though is no matter how routine I am or how many times Ive done the same thing or how much i can plan for an outcome, there is no planning the future. there is only the possibility of outcome if you take the leap. so i did, like i do most days, and i ran the same path and i fell on my face. and i got back up, brushed myself off, giggled a little, and kept on running. the moment I fell, i was totally in my head, trucking along as fast as possible, and not cognizant of the present moment. to me, this was a reminder to always be where you are, not one step ahead or one step behind. and if you fall on your face, so be it. get back up, dust yourself off, and keep on trucking.

August 24, 2016 /Olvia Young
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nothing makes me feel more alive than sprinting 🏃‍♀️ down empty streets while the city sleeps —
to take my breath away. ...
when was the last time you took your breath away? go ahead, 
surprise yourself 🎈. #workhard #livyoung As much as id like to think that love will find me when im ready, Aint nothin finding me except @netflix + email if I stay in bed 🛌 
SO Please add “dater” to my multiple hat wearing job descriptions Bc They say ya gotta kiss a lot of frogs 🐸👑
so, kiss me? 💋...
oh 
and yes in fact 
I sure did wear this last night
Because after a week choc full of 15 hr days, 
i aint wasting no more precious brain 🧠 energy on outfit selections or drink choice. 
Mezcal rocks please— 🥃
...
...
teaching a double tomorrow @boxandflow 🥊 will be wearing a different uniform #ninjachic 🥋 
1030 + 1130am come thru, 
lets dance 💃🏻 #workhard #livyoung
I dare you to write yourself a love letter💌 
I did. (http://livyoung.co/loveletter) ☝️
Because what is sexier than owning the skin 
you live in? Sure Ill always wonder what it feels like to have boobs like @emrata or legs like @gisele, 
but when all is said + done, 
the body I liv In is my home🏡, it’s my own. 
a love letter to me, from me—link in bio. 
maybe mine will inspire you to write your own.💋 Happy VDay♥️. #workhard #livyoung 
#loveyourself there is something incredibly sexy about 
sitting at a bar in stilettos👠+ and eating steak🥩... solo. red wine🍷smooth jazz + conversations with strangers on the side. learn to love your own company♥️. #workhard #livyoung suit up. 
show up 
or sit out. ...
...
I wore this silk pink pant suit out the other night, along with the post @boxandflow sexy confidence I call swagger, to first talk female entrepreneurship before meeting a matchmaker made blind date — forever seeking #balance In work + play. My date broke the ice by listing off my resume - 3 brothers, Miami raised, likes yoga etc. until I interrupted + asked what he stands for. He was surprised, sure—but that was the point. No one is as basic as their IG, dating profile or job resume. There is more to learn when we dive deeper - into the discomfort behind the facade. What’s under the hood? IMHO, whatever you want there to be. I will never be one thing, and will never try. Woman, daughter, sister, lover, chef, fitness founder, entrepreneur. HUMAN. All done up or totally undone. Messy is sexy no matter what you wear, no matter who you are. Are you willing to get messy in yourself to embrace all of you? 
Show up 
Or sit out. 
One life. #flowthruthefight 
#workhard #livyoung even tho i created @boxandflow to give the freedom I always felt thru boxing + yoga—among my biggest fears in actually starting it was 
1. my personal practice would change. 
2. actually teaching my method 
3. the unknown. 
it has taken far too long but I’ve finally found peace with taking the class i love so much. leaning into my business in a new way, with a team that I l♥️ve — 
to #flowthruthefight together. messy is sexy 😉 
#workhard #livyoung and to choose what does—
you have to know what doesn’t. 
fuel ⛽️ or fill? your life. you choose. 
link in bio. 
#workhard #livyoung too much? that’s the point. 🖤 to strip down the facade + humanize this experience that social media has covered with smoke + mirrors, 🤳 
to wilfully declare that we are all here to see + 
be seen, feel + be felt, To shed light on the messy parts of life, the vulnerability, 
the honesty that is sexy, 
The hard work that goes into our successes + 
our struggles as we #flowthruthefight. 🥊🙏 The secret is to make it all look easy, sure. But if it was easy, we’d all be models + billionaires + all the rest of the stuff we double tap. 
So lets talk fear. link in bio. #workhard #livyoung letting  things be “easy”, to #flowthruthefight has always been my biggest challenge, + why i started @boxandflow. the physicality of the workout brought me ease. Hitting a heavy bag 🥊, the cathartic release of breath 
energy 
resistance +
strength 
forces me to feel my own power + 
shows me that I can. i am here, i am alive. 
And it is the same power I use to hold myself back, to resist my flow, to resist myself. 
which is why my only fear, is ____. 
Blogpost up. Link in bio. #workhard #livyoung
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