We have learnt how to save better, how to pray more and how to prioritise in a short span of time,” she says. She talks of Alvin’s fitness career with fondness, detailing, how he used to model and do personal training while in campus. He would decide to stop modelling and solely focus on one-on-one training with clients in 2017.
Alvin mostly focuses on Calisthenics (body-weight workouts), body building, powerlifting and nutrition. He does this to be a full and well-rounded coach. For Alvin, going back to fitness was like going back to his calling. Alvin has always loved fitness. He swam, played football and rugby in university and secondary school.
He has been powerlifting for over five years now, which had opened up an opportunity for him to participate in winter sports such as bobsledding last year, but Covid-19 hit the world, leading to cancellations.
Despite having wanted to be a neurosurgeon while growing up after reading Ben Carson’s book, Gifted Hands, Alvin is happy with the path he has taken. He sees it as a chance of purposefully impacting his clients’ lives and helping them live their healthiest and best lives possible.
While he is athletic and happiest when he is working out, Nessy does not like to sweat. She, however, played a bit of basketball and tennis while in secondary school and loves swimmimg. But being with Alvin has also influenced her to be fitter and to enjoy working out just a bit more.
“I have an in-house personal coach. I have little choice in the matter,” she laughingly says.
“I work out more now and genuinely enjoy it,” she adds. In 2018, Alvin together with a friend started ‘Fitness Wars’, with the aim of holding friendly weight lifting competitions where participants and anyone who came to watch would be entertained while all proceeds raised would go towards charity.
Before Covid-19 hit, ‘Fitness Wars’ had seen several successful editions, with many corporates as well as weight lifters coming in to compete and contribute for a great cause. Nessy and Alvin both believe in purposeful living and seek to make an impact on society with the skills they have.
Lessons learned
The couple shares about their marital journey on their YouTube channel, Lee World with the aim of educating, informing, inspiring while still entertaining their audiences. They say that their goal is to showcase and represent Christ in their relationship and prove that marriage works.
They also hope to show that marriage does not have to be stuffy and boring. It can also be fun with the right person. While most channels focus on showing just how perfect the right person is, Alvin and Nessy aim to show both the imperfections and perfections as even the right person is human and, therefore imperfect.
But what is the most important lesson that they have learnt as a couple? They say that they have learnt the importance of clear and effective communication. How to always speak softly and respectfully to each other even in the heat of anger.
Most importantly, they have learnt that love settles. And it is after it settles that the couple has to keep constantly choosing each other.
By PD
