Did you know muscles only pull, they don’t ever push? Which means antagonistic muscles need to be in balance and work in symbiosis to stabilize a joint. But at the same time there is no stable spot in your body for said muscles to pull from. If your posture, or skeleton, is in alignment your skeleton should actually be floating through space and time not rubbing connective tissue until something tears or grinds away.

Did you know that your muscles are controlled neurologically but recover from stress biologically? How do you set up a training session, or even more difficult, a long term plan that accounts for the needs and demands of both systems for yourself or a client?

Did you know you burn the most fat and the most calories the day after a good night’s sleep? This makes sleep a foundational part of health and fitness, but how do you get better sleep?

Did you know muscle memory is not just for positive focused effect but is being created for every part of your daily life, including a lot that are negative for you. Thoughts that turn into emotions that turn into muscle memory, body feelings and physical reactions, including breathing, heart rate and muscles tensing. How do you not only create positive muscle memory moving forward but also remove and let go of negative past muscle memory.

Did you know your brain, nervous system and body want to be efficient to a fault and are in a sense training 24 hours a day? To make this happen it offloads using your energy to any possible external structure it has available to it regularly and tightens up muscles to restrict any range of motion not used regularly. A chair to sit in, a counter, table or desk to lean on, or a phone or computer to store information … A modern human lives a majority of their life with their arms and hands within a theoretical two-foot box in front of them between their hips and shoulders. How do you counteract non intentional negative daily training and maximize not only your body's flexibility but also create confidence and strength with moving in any direction without fear of a strain or pull?

Did you know that you can go about three weeks without eating, three days without drinking and about three minutes without breathing? Even though breathing is autonomously controlled by your nervous system doesn’t mean you can’t get better at breathing. How do you craft a plan for practicing breathing?

Did you know that most people when starting a health and/or fitness plan are in a ‘motivational bubble’ so to speak. Somewhere between two to six weeks depending on how excited they are about the change at hand before their motivation to keep sacrificing for a goal starts to dwindle and they generally drop off. How do you keep yourself or someone else from giving up on pursuing their goals?

Did you know it’s harder than ever to stand out as a personal trainer or health coach amid all the social media influencers, big box gyms and on-demand fitness apps and equipment? We know that keeping long term clients depends on their personal success but how do you draw in new clients when you’re up against corporate marketing machines? 

Did you know speaking in front of an audience is the number one human phobia? How do you present yourself effectively with charisma and clarity, not only to your clients but to groups of people when networking and sharing your message? How do you speak to an individual client versus a group of clients? How do you build trust and rapport? 

Did you know human behavior change is the hardest thing to do? As a human you probably do know that. So how do you create individualized plans for clients that not only meets their particular physical needs but also their mindset and emotional state. How do you hold someone accountable when they are resistant to change?