From my pre-teen years, my only desire was to compete and excel in athletics, and to represent the USA at the Olympics. Over the next 10 years, I made it closest to the 2000 Sydney Games. In the process, I spent over a thousand hours every year in endurance training, pushing myself to adapt and get fitter, and overdid it many of those years. After that, I turned to strength training to succeed as a firefighter for a large urban fire department for 10 more years, and coached others in my department.
That’s when I decided to start coaching aspiring athletes and sharing the lessons I had already learned. Through all the work, I learned that we all are wholistic beings that need stimulus, rest, nutrients, sleep, peace, purpose, others.
My biggest hope is to be a resource to change the culture of First Responders, to help save many from burn-out, divorce, isolation, heartache, addictions, and any self-harm.
Wholistic approach to your wellness…
Stimulus
Most people know what it is to push their body and feel exhausted. Prescribing the workout that matches an athlete’s ability and specificity to the goal is where a good coach is different.
Rest
Growth only happens in the off-time between stimuli. Judging the amount in a day and over the course of months is where a knowledgeable, intuitive coach sets themselves apart.
Nutrition
This may be the most abused realm of fitness by the industry. In truth, this is probably the quickest and most impactful area to alter for results and getting healthy momentum going. It’s not as complex as people want you to believe.
Sleep
The legal performance- enhancing drug. If sleep were artificial, it would be banned for it’s effectiveness in creating health benefits. Your body does more hormone creation in sleep than the other 65-75% of the day. It’s a priority!
Peace
Well-being and inner calm have a huge impact on your ability to absorb all that effort. If you’re not in a good place, then more nutrients, sleep, rest, and less stimulus may be needed.
Purpose
This refers to an inner reason for making changes to your life and also the reason that you are worth the effort. You need to be valuable so as to warrant the effort and there needs to be an obvious “why” that you are motivated by.