I'm a lifelong fitness enthusiast. I started off getting in and staying in shape by playing baseball, basketball and tennis growing up. In college I played golf competitively even holding the course record at my home course for over 25 years! I first started working out in high school. I started seeing the results and have never stopped.
While earning my degree, I had a part time job at a fitness center. It was the chance meeting with the owner of that fitness chain that instilled the love of personal training within me. That chain was European Health Spas...specifically, Jack LaLanne's European Health Spas. For those of you who don't know Jack (pun intended), Jack LaLanne is reguarded as the GodFather of Fitness and the originator of the modern day health club. To me however (at the time), he was simply the guy on TV that my mom used to watch and exercise to, because he was also the first to have a fitness program on TV.
This meeting introduced me to the singular most dynamic individual I have ever met. I could wax poetic about the ingenuity, the fire, the commitment of this man, but I will simply instill in you this thought that I have always kept with me since that meeting. Where else can you play a part in helping someone reach a personal goal, a goal that will help them live a longer, richer more satisfying life...that's what personal trainers get to do!