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I have always wanted to be and feel athletic. When I was younger, I loved skating and skateboarding, so I was outside working on those skills all day every day. As I got older, and I found myself getting invested in a future with computers, I spent less and less time outside. The career I was working towards required long days at a desk, studying and researching for endless hours. It didn’t take too long before I was over 300lbs and profoundly unhappy with my life. Of course, there were still things I loved and enjoyed, but more and more, it was food I found comfort in. The youthful bad-eating habits I had as a teen only grew, and as my weight increased, so did my discomfort within myself. Unable to tie my shoes, regular back spasms from standing too long, I felt I had lost complete control over my body; it had grown too big, and I felt powerless to reverse it. If any part of this sounds like your story, please know, you’re not alone. I lived it. Fast forward, and now I’m working toward my dream as a competitive athlete in Olympic Weightlifting.

This website is a simple place for me to write about things I’m thinking about with respect to training, fitness, and the various coaching certificates I’m working toward.