PRE-DAY one. The intro

World,

I left my job so I could do pursue a passion: Maximized Human Performance, Vitality, and Virtuosity.
 
Here's the thing; the plan, the action,  the result: Open a Gym

Short Term Goal: Get out of Credit Card Debt.
Mid Term Goal: Elucidate my "why"


Previously I was chasing some dreams however, I decided chasing is too similar of a metaphor of the wile-e Coyote who never catches a road runner.  Instead I acted, lived, adventured and exist in the actions of now.


To put it bluntly, my life has revolved around earning an Olympic medal. The motivation behind this is so deep and rooted to what I have been doing that every path I have taken has directly taken me closer towards this goal. Once I began competing, my drive for excellence steered me into studying human physiology. This curiosity of obtaining maximum human performance became the foundation of why I study. Performance is the result.

In middle school I ran track, and was undefeated in the 100 meter, and long jump events. Confident I could break more records that dawned over the gymnasium, I began my journey of obtaining maximum human performance. There was a bum, and a stopwatch that started it off. The dirt track was a minimal 200 meters, enough to gather consistent times and track my runs.  After studying some exercises and reading some articles I put together a program to begin my training. I weighed under a 6th grade stats: under 100 pounds, had 9 pullups. and a 13.6 100M. 16'6" long jump and 8:31 mile. (could kickflip a 6 stair too).

With my casual but consistent training program that consisted of lots of practice, Skipping, Jumping and weights. I gained no weight, but dropped my 100 to 13.3-13.0 and broke 17 with my jumps.
Nothing to boast about, but I had improved.
Next season.
12.7 100M   18s Long jump and 7:20 Mile.
Last season
12.4 100M   20foot Long Jump. Sub 7 Mile.

I could go into more detail, but I wont keep you busy.

I began wrestling, hated losing, wanted to be better.

The combination of coaches here is what elucidated a path for me.

One of my coaches gave me the National Strength and Conditioning Association's Textbook for Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning. He had done this after I had told him about my current workout routine that I would execute after practice.  After reading this textbook cover to cover, (in high school) I then pursued my Bachelors in Exercise Biology, with emphasis on maximal human performance.

I was coaching the TL trojans when workload wasn't too hard. and Competing in DIV 1 Wrestling and Rugby.  Doing all my on programming for strength training.

In College I took my statistics and saw noticeable improvements in Strength, Body composition, Peak Anaerobic Power, Aerobic Power. VO2, etc. I knew what I was doing was working, because there was a consistent improvement in my performance despite no change in my body weight.

I began Personal Training during my 3 Year in college.

I acquired My NSCA CSCS cert. and Crossfit Level 1.

After graduating I moved out to Colorado Springs, being recruited to the Olympic team here to fight for a spot at the 2016 Games.  You better believe I was stoked.  I got good work as a personal trainer. but after a year, I became fed up with being 'held back' working under someone else.  Having my own facility will allow me to make my own studies, create an effective team of both employees, coaches, athletes, and clients.

Different forms of programming, exercise techniques, classes, nutrition, timing etc.. exist in so many forms, and there isn't an absolute answer to anything. But there is a capacity to find what it can become. This gym will not only be a training facility, but a lab, a hub and a source to give back to the community in more ways than one.   The details of the gym will be revealed later, but until then,

This blog is going to document the next 30 days of me pulling myself out of debt and getting on top of my fitness business.  Within this blog you will see techniques and methods I use to educate myself, find clients, train my clients, and make more money.  To this day I've payed off about 25,000 of my student loans, but acquired 5000 dollars of other debts flying to strength and conditioning conferences, International wrestling events, wrestling tournaments, clinics, seminars, coaching fees. you name it. Money well spent and I don't regret a single cent.

Tomorrow, I will create a plan of action. This plan of action is going to have all of my possible sources of income, a laid out financial projection, other actions I can do to generate revenue, educational resources,  and my next steps.  

Im an artist, so this could be a creative process.

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