I love training people and meeting people who are interested and eager. I don't love that gym culture can often leave those without confidence, or direction, feeling like outcasts exiled to cardiovascular machines where they can look in on resistance training bodies with only the hope of one day being able to execute those very exercises incorrectly.
I aim to be the trainer that I felt like I missed in gyms when I didn't have a coach. I invested in my health and fitness because it was every bit worth it to feel physically and mentally capable and strong - also to have a healthy release of stress and emotions [and to be supported and encouraged on that path]. 'I can't see it coming down my eyes, so I gotta make the weights cry.' I also invested in my training because I was fortunate to be able to. I realize that not all people have that same fortune so I try to help where I can. I've also realized that there are people who have the resources, but are committed to other forms of self fulfillment that aren't always healthy. You can't make a person do what they aren't ready for. When they're ready their will is accessible and you can push them beyond their wildest dreams.
'When the student is ready the teacher will appear.' Here I am.
I've also learned that we have been taught to believe that investing in ourselves is the greatest luxury and that the time we put into producing for others is our priority, which is a distorted and unsustainable reality. Most people are just trying to stay afloat. Reject that! Push for yourself because no one else is going to do that for you... other than your coach of course.
I don't sell myself; I share myself. Those who understand value know what to do. Quality over quantity. It's more than physical and it's more than a job.