• 28JUL, 2021
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    The Next Chapter: Moving in a New Direction

    The Next Chapter: Moving in a New Direction

    You may have heard the news. I have left JS Fitness to pursue a few new avenues. One of those avenues involves leasing space and running my personal training business out of a local gym, Limitless Training Centre. And the other avenue involves stepping back into the athlete development world to work as the Head

  • 26DEC, 2020
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    Year in Review 2020 (And What’s in Store for 2021?)

    Year in Review 2020 (And What’s in Store for 2021?)

    2020 is coming to an end. It’s been a wild year.  I don’t think anyone predicted a global pandemic.  And as a self-employed small business owner, it’s been tough. For 2020, JS Fitness (the gym I work at) shut for over 5.5 months.  And I lost 2/3rds of my in-person clients.  Crazy to think 2/3rds

  • 28MAY, 2020
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    Revisiting 2020 Fitness Predictions | COVID-19 Edition

    Revisiting 2020 Fitness Predictions | COVID-19 Edition

    At the beginning of each year, I make predictions about fitness trends that I see coming. In my previous post, predicting 2020 fitness trends, there were three trends I highlighted; A massive rise in online training, an emergence in large group training, and a surge in gym membership competition.  Since Covid-19 is causing a f*cking

  • 04JAN, 2020
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    Predicting 2020 Fitness Trends

    Predicting 2020 Fitness Trends

    It’s 2020. A New Year. New Ideas. New Fitness Trends In 2019, the biggest trend we saw was the emergence of the super cheap gym membership, most notably, your Planet Fitness or Fit 4 Less. Large group training began to make an emergence in 2019 as well, but I think Large Group Training will become

  • 09SEP, 2019
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    Things to Read to Help Slay Your Day: 09/10/2019

    Things to Read to Help Slay Your Day: 09/10/2019

    Hope you had an awesome week! Here is a new list of reading material I was able to go through in recent weeks and found very helpful. Enjoy! Personal Trainer Salary Survey (2019) Who Earns the Most?: Wondering how much the average personal trainer makes? This is a cool survey that the PTDC performed on

  • 22AUG, 2019
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    4 Tips for a Better Barbell Front Squat

    4 Tips for a Better Barbell Front Squat

    The barbell front squat is an exercise I like to use as a progression to goblet squats. It’s an exercise you can load up, while not having to worry about grip strength demands. And it tends to be shoulder (external rotation restrictions) and spine friendly.  To perform a barbell front squat, there a few requirements