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  • Game Changer Coaching

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    Let me paint this picture of “brutal” coaching. In the unforgiving heat and humidity of North Texas, my football coach was making the team run sprint repeats at the end of practice. As you can imagine, we were all thrilled, and no one complained. After a few intervals, the team was gassed, and we still had a…

  • The Hidden Benefit Of Strength

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    Physical strength is a wonderful thing, and it is hard to get because you have to push your body beyond what you think it is capable of. Picking up, putting down weight, and lifting above your head does not tickle. But boy, facing the world head-on is more straightforward once you go through the fire…

  • 3 Ways Therapy Has Made Me a Better Coach

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    You see it in cop shows after an officer-involved shooting when the cop is mandated to go to therapy. The cop is almost always reluctant to go, and when they do go, it’s usually a standoff with the therapist, and then they get a phone call and leave.   IMO many people don’t like talking about…

  • How To Know When You Need Coaching

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    Now, this is not a coaching plug for my services because this is not about me but you the reader. However, if you want to know about my services you can contact me here. This is for if or when you need coaching because not everyone likes being told what to do. After 20 years…

  • What Is Personal Training?

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    And what personal training isn’t Admitting you need help with something you can do yourself, like exercise is difficult. You’ve either tried and failed beforehand, facing a lot of obstacles or you’re overwhelmed and don’t know where to start. Or all the above. Either way, you need help. And being in this situation with another…

  • Why Outback Performance?

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    Gyms are a dime a dozen. During my time as a personal trainer, I’ve worked in my fair share. Personal trainers see gyms a little differently because it’s a unique workplace but also a place to ‘workout.’     I’m assuming which gym you exercise in is not a huge priority.  As long as it’s cheap, clean…

  • Exercising through difficult times

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    My parents separated when I was 11 years old and during this difficult time, my father used to cry on my shoulder regularly. Picture that for a second, a grown man crying on a boy’s shoulder.  I had no idea how to handle this emotionally or physically. Then one day during school, I collapsed to my…

  • The other side of coaching

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    Note- This article first appeared here. This is an edited version.  You see them on TV. You see them in the gym and you see them at ball games. Coaches, they’ve got it made, right? They’re strutting along the sideline yelling and screaming instructions at their players. Or it’s the personal trainers at your gym…

  • Why I hate gyms

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    Note- This is the authors opinion only. Hate is a strong word, but I got your attention, didn’t I? It’s more an extreme dislike of commercial membership-based gyms and it’s been festering like a bad smell for a few months now. How did I get to this point?  Let me explain. I’ve been training in…

  • How NOT to get results (from exercise)

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    Some people join the gym with great intentions and when things don’t go their way, they leave with bad intentions and go back to attacking their favorite pint of ice cream instead of the weights. In my role as a Personal trainer, I’ve seen people come in for a while, quit and then come back…