My job and passion are personal training because I love improving people through exercise. However, not everyone loves exercise, especially clients I have had in the past. There’s no need to name names. However, most personal training clients see the … Read More
Personal Training
Coaching Is A Two-Way Street
As a personal trainer for over 15 years and a blog writer for over 10, I’ve realized that coaching is a two-way street. The most successful clients I’ve trained have been actively involved in the change process. Clients who listen, … Read More
Game Changer Coaching
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 … Read More
Enjoy The Journey (And The Destination)
An old saying has been bouncing around in my large noggin for a while: enjoy the journey. It’s pretty prevalent in the health and fitness industry because of goal setting and reaching goals that the client wants. There are a … Read More
The Hidden Benefit Of Strength
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. … Read More
3 Ways Therapy Has Made Me a Better Coach
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 … Read More
Crossing The Line
Crossing the line means going beyond accepted limits or standards of behavior. Like When criticism crosses the line from being helpful to hurtful. The fine line between joking and being offensive. When someone ‘invades” your personal space. Any form of … Read More
Making It Work
Making it work is the key to your health and fitness consistency Hardly ever are you presented with a perfect set of circumstances to start or continue anything worthwhile, and exercise is definitely one of those things. There are obstacles … Read More
How To Know When You Need Coaching
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 … Read More
Exercise For The Stay-At-Home-Parent
Being a stay-at-home parent is the toughest and most rewarding job there is. But it is a job all the same. The hours are not 9-5 more like 24/7 and this makes a lot of things tough including exercise. You … Read More