Welcome to the FitHab personal training website!
Thank you for taking a moment to see what I have been up to this summer at FitHab.
This summer has been busy taking care of myself in many ways.
I have been studying, learning, practicing what I’ve learned, and have become physical and mentally stronger.
In the last 6 months I improved my VO2 max from 49 to 56. The last 12 weeks from 52 to 56. So happy and grateful!
Grinding and getting grit!
I continue to study, learn, practice, teach fitness, and train myself and my clients consistently, persistently in my all my efforts and this has paid off to keep me healthy and to stay away from another battle with pancreatic cancer.
My oncologist and I happy of all the great work that is paying off.
Lots of CPE! Consistent, Persistent, Effort! Plus positive attitude and/or outlook.
Easier said than done, but possible with lots of practice!
If I need to fight cancer again, I am in a better space to do the hard work because I am healthier and stronger mentally, physically, and spiritually. Plus I have experience to put in a good fight and overcome.
The summer months have been great!
New clients have come aboard at FitHab and we have been working diligently on their fitness goals and needs.
I have been working with clients focused on bone density concerns, osteoporosis/osteopenia. Whether it’s a female or male over the age of 35 or have gone through chemotherapy treatment (like myself) or other causes.
Resistance training to combat these conditions are key. Nutrition and/or supplementation are also very important. The type of resistance training is based on the fitness level and/or condition that the person is in. So resistance training can be specific and/or modified to the client’s needs, medical restrictions, and goals.
I have my clients use a DEXA scan since it’s very informative and enables measurable tracking of changes in bone density from the training we do.
Not only is healthy bone density of concern to the 35 and older group in the population.
It is a major and utmost concern for adolescent females (especially) and males, to learn and do appropriate exercises to develop and maintain good bone health and to practice sound and beneficial nutritional habits that promote healthy bone density into adulthood. This is all vital at adolescents, when most of the life long bone density development occurs.
Just like bone density; muscle mass maintenance or increase has been a growing segment in the fitness and health concerns for many of my clients.
Sarcopenia has been a concern to many of my clients and we engage in exercises to help decrease the natural rate of muscle loss as we age.
We train to increase muscle mass and delay the age related loss of muscle mass. The use of a DEXA scan is also very helpful to see changes, trends, and track our efforts.
Many clients have been engaged in proprioception training, from my older adult clients, to children 5+, teens, young adults, neurodivergent/autistic clients, clients with balance issues (disease or injury), and client/athletes that want to move and perform well at their sport and/or in their daily lives.
To move safer, efficiently, and effectively is a result of training and putting fitness capacities (Vo2 max, increased lean mass, decreased fat mass, heart rate variability, and so on.) improvements to conditioning training.
This enables the client/athlete to use their mental and physical capabilities to be put to the test by applying their fitness capacities to perform at a higher level. Whether at the sport or at activities of daily living.
This summer I have worked with many of my clients on running technique walking, and gait. This has been a wonderful experience to see the changes and improvements of my client’s fitness capacities, movement skills, techniques, and quality of life.
By looking into the biomechanics of running or walking of a client/athlete, it can tell a whole lot about the individual.
When I see biomechanical inefficiency or imbalances, we can correct them with education and training on technique exercises, strength exercises, and stretching. This will improve the movement and make it a safer, efficient, and effective run or walk (locomotion).
Me running at the Crystal Springs Cross Country Course on the CSM team, not this summer (1993).
Hand eye coordination has been another area of fitness that I have been training with my client/athletes this summer.
The use of hand eye coordination exercises has helped clients with their typing skills, my older adult clients fine motor movement, my race car driver client with their driving, my neurodivergent and autistic clients with attention, my sport client/athlete with their sport or activities, and my client/athletes in so many other positive and empowering ways.
Agility has been another fitness component that has been of significant focus with many of my clients this summer. We work on the different forms of balance, speed, coordination, and change of direction via a stimulus (sound(s), word commands, obstacles, etc.).
Client/athletes enjoy doing agility exercises because they are fun, playful, and challenging,
This challenges my older adult clients, my child 5+, teens, young adults, mid-aged adults, neurodivergent/autistic, and anyone who tries.
I have been blessed to work with special population clients who are neurodivergent, autistic, mentally and /or physically handicapped, suffer from cancer, neurological conditions and disorders (many that are on the list), mental health, and other aliments.
I would like to say thank you to all my past and current client/athletes for being a part of my life and making FitHab possible.
I give thanks and appreciation to my wife, kids, parents, friends, and all those out there that believe in me and keep me real.
I love you all and thank you for a successful, wonderful summer blast!
Stay fit to be helpful and free……..!
