As many of you know by now I have decided to stop teaching classes and take advantage of other opportunities that have presented themselves. The most important message that I wish to convey in this fork in the road is that I am very grateful to each and everyone of the people that have allowed me to train them. It doesn't matter if you were a full time client or just an occasional grazer that came to the free workouts that I hosted, again thank you from the bottom of my heart for trying my program. I hope you have found some benefit and made the necessary changes to take control of your health and fitness. The last 4 years of my life have been spent sharing and teaching revolutionary concepts in fitness, nutrition and lifestyle management and none of it could have been possible without each and everyone of you.
I could name individually every person I have trained, and probably even tell you what your stats are, but that would take a long time because there are literally hundreds of you. I worked at four gyms in Uvalde before eventually opening my own and every step of the way has been one of personal discovery. Sometimes I felt like I was the teacher when in fact it was you who were teaching me. Hopefully, everyone will continue to progress towards the goals and dreams that they feel in their hearts.
So what's next for me and FTS? I will continue to support the community at large. I will probably keep offering some personal training on the side to a few individuals. However, I want to write more about the concepts that I try to teach and live everyday. The daily WOD will not be published for awhile if ever again. There are plenty of web sites and gyms that will do that. I want to take my web site and hopefully all of you to the next level. I hope that my writing will develop and become a benefit to those who want to integrate the core concepts that my household has adopted and had so much success with. I know that the curve will be steep initially but the beauty is that the sky is the limit, I hope you come along for the adventure. God only knows what the future holds.
As you may have noticed I have already changed the name of the blog from "athletics" to "living" as this is a more accurate interpretation of what I am about. I feel that there is a big disconnect in most people's paradigm that allows them to believe that exercise is enough to alter their lifestyles in any significant way. While this holds true for beginners it soon leads to a "failure to thrive" situation. Talking about different strategies on a daily basis, but failing to implement them, can actually set you back in my opinion, so I will put the info out there for you to read, if you choose to, and then you can implement it as you see fit. However, if you need any help or have any questions just shoot me an email. I will help if I can or at least I can point you in the right direction.
I added a RSS feed link to the blog and you can subscribe to follow my updates. If you don't use an application like Google Reader I would highly recommend it. It makes following your favorite web sites more efficient and more like reading a newspaper. There will be posts on Facebook and Twitter as well, but I promise not to spend my life as a voyeur on Facebook.
Personally, I am going to travel, start training for competitions, spend more time with my nieces, help other people develop their gyms, become more minimalistic, and more importantly live my life without regrets. I am also going to write two books, the first will be a cookbook ( I know cooking is a revolutionary idea but we have it down to a fine science and I am a revolutionary), who knows maybe even offering some cooking classes, and the second one will be a guide to living a paleo/CF/minimalist lifestyle. All your feedback will be greatly appreciated and considered for all the content on the site.
I hope you all have enjoyed and found value in working with me through the years. Remember to keep striving for excellence. You are ultimately responsible for yourself and your results. Thanks again from the bottom of my heart! I have enjoyed walking with you down the path, who knows maybe our paths will cross again.
The skys the limit.
Ps. If anyone wants to buy some equipment let me know. I still have a few things I want to get rid of.
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