Luke MurrayMD, MBA, Pilot, Co-Founder Awesome Inc.

Time to find what YOU want!

11 Jul 2026 · 2 min

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In this motivational monologue, Luke Murray reflects on a conversation with a friend who has spent his life protecting others—family, the military, and community—yet feels uncertain about his own desires. Recognizing a similar pattern in himself, Luke recounts how years of watching fitness transformation videos on YouTube sparked an unexpected interest in bodybuilding. He trained for months, entered a competition where he placed last, but gained confidence and solid photos, leading him to continue training with a health coach, bodybuilding coach, and workout buddy. Luke plans to return to the stage in about 15–16 months, aiming to experience his own transformation. He urges viewers to consider that the activities they notice online may reflect genuine interests and encourages anyone curious to try them, ending with a shout‑out to future bodybuilders.

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I was talking to a friend yesterday who has accomplished a whole bunch of stuff and he doesn't know what he actually wants because his entire life he's been a hero for others. He was the oldest son and so he had to protect his siblings from an abusive dad. He joined the military so he could protect America. He's, you know, a family man, so he's protecting his family. But he's like, "I don't know what I actually want to do just because I like it." And I realized about a year ago I was in a similar situation, and I thought, I spent a lot of time on YouTube looking at fitness transformations, before and afters, and I had thought, oh, I must like this. It never crossed my mind that was something that I would actually want to participate in. I just wasn't aware of it. So I trained for a few months, entered a bodybuilding competition, finished dead last, but I got some really solid pictures, and I've been exercising ever since with a health coach and a bodybuilding coach and a workout buddy. And I'm going to go back to that stage in a year. So it'll be about probably 15 or 16 months from the time I decided I'm going to start being a bodybuilder, and I'll get to see my own version of transformation. So if you're curious, what do I actually want just because I like it? Just admit that the things that you are looking around at on the internet are probably things that you actually are interested in and you could just go do them. So, all you future bodybuilders out there, I'll see you on stage in 6 months.