Unlocking Athletic Potential: A Journey from Tragedy to Triumph
2 min readJoin us as we delve into the inspiring story of a personal trainer who overcame adversity to help athletes reach their full potential. Discover how he turned his passion for fitness into a thriving career and learn valuable insights from his mentor. #AthleticPotential #PersonalTrainerJourney #OvercomingAdversity #InspiringStories #FitnessMotivation #AthleteTraining #Mentorship #FitnessCareer #TriumphOverTragedy #FitnessInspiration
Uh you know we intro you but really how You got to where you are today kind of You know the roots of everything and uh And what you're doing now so right now You know I'm basically you know Simplified as a personal trainer uh I Work with athletes from youth to high School college NFL then I also work like With your general population for One-on-one whether you're adult uh boot Camp small group training um I started You know I grew up in Butler uh with Derek you know I grew up with him his Family we were playing sports together Together he was a little bit older um my High school you know I basically ended With sports in high school um I had like A uh you know a very close family member Of mine who passed away in a car Accident the day after my 17th birthday And that kind of was like a spiring Effect for me I took that very hard and Kind of threw away like my path of Playing Collegiate football I had the Opportunity but you know I took it very Hard and you know basically just threw It out the window and then um fast Forward you know 2015 I got an Opportunity to interview at paresi speed School I met with uh Rich sad and Bill Paresi another gentleman Craig Stoddard After two interviews uh they hired me I Accepted the job and then from there it Kind of just skyrocketed you know Derek
Says like you know you guys kind of Mentioned like bass Riser I've been Doing this for a little over 10 years Now um but when people see me now they Kind of look you know they may just know Me now and look at as like overnight Success but like I feel like I'm just Getting started and I've been doing it Now for 10 years so it's pretty cool to See where it all kind of unfolded you Guys actually had like a mentor of mine Mike Smith on here who big part of Derek's life he's the Mike's the one who Kind Of kept me on this straight and nrow Throughout High School I was a very good Skier um you know I won my first Competition as a freshman in high school