“I couldn’t stand being a lawyer,” says Drew. “I left work every day feeling awful, and it got progressively worse and began taking a toll on my health and mood.”

Standing on the Edge

To cope, he swam.

“After every workout, I’d remember how it didn’t feel awful after leaving work at the pool, and I’d say to myself, ‘God, I wish I still worked at the pool.’ I kept thinking I wanted to make a living by helping people to become physically stronger. It’s a bonus that I can do it in the water.”

Struggling to reenergize himself every day, he decided not just to dream about a career training others to be fit. Instead, he chose to train himself to end “my suffering and undue misery.”

The Epiphany of Change

To inspire himself, Drew turned to another one of his passions  —  drumming  —  for a motivational boost. For him, the role model was Max Weinberg (drummer with Bruce Springsteen and currently the drummer and bandleader on The Conan O’Brien Show).

“I had read an interview where Max was talking about the years in the early ’90s, when Bruce broke the band up for a while,” says Drew. “Max was getting depressed and wasn’t sure what to do with himself. He tried law school for a while, but he didn’t like it, and he was starting to lose some of his