09/03/2026
You think I’d be better at it by now 😂
Seriously though - This just hit me the other day that it’s more than half my life
86 - started assisting in TKD classes.
91 - started teaching fitness classes
95 - full time coach
2000 - opened ResultsFitnessSCV
In a world where the average fitness coaches career lifespan is apparently around 18-24 months, it’s a long time
Where less than 50% have more than 5 years experience and maybe less than 10% have more than a decade in the field?
Makes me part of a very small group
But that’s partly because fitness coaching is still a young field. It’s a “first generation” career really. Most of the very first professional fitness coaches are still in the game. And it’s not traditionally been an apprenticeship model. You tend not to come up “under” someone’s wing
And it’s partly because it’s a tough business. A lot of coaches leave the field because it’s tough. You don’t stay in it by accident. You have to continue to learn, and adapt. It’s a completely different profession than the one I first stepped into
Everything has evolved. Exercises. Equipment. Programming. The business side of it. We have a deeper understanding about exercise science, physiology and biomechanics
It’s why I tell young coaches that one of the best things they can do for their career is find a mentor. We’re in a world right now where there seems to be a push to “secure your bag” and go out on your own. While I am a strong believer in entrepreneurship, it’s never a bad idea to work under someone who’s been doing this a long time and learn from them
It’s a cheat code to career success.
And even coaches that run their own businesses still need mentors. I’ve got a bunch of great pros in our mastermind group, and several others around the world who consult with me regularly.
"𝗕𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴. 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁; 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗲, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵"– 𝗕𝗼𝗵𝗱𝗶 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀
09/01/2026
"𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆." — 𝗗𝗿. 𝗚𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝘆𝗼𝗻
Read that one more time.
Not muscle makes you look good. Not muscle burns a few extra calories. Muscle is the organ of longevity.
Most of us were raised on a different message. Eat less. Weigh less. Take up less room.
A whole lifetime of trying to shrink.
Nobody ever mentioned what we'd actually need at sixty.
Strength is carrying your own groceries in one trip. Getting up off the floor after playing with your grandkids, without needing a hand. Stairs you don't think twice about. Trips you don't turn down. Your own house, your own car keys, your own life.
None of that comes from a smaller number on the scale. It comes from muscle you built and kept.
And here's the part nobody tells you: it is not too late.
Your body still responds.
It doesn't care how old you are or how long it's been.
You don't have to get smaller.
You get to get stronger.
08/30/2026
𝗣𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗢𝗥𝗬
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***I've found myself explaining this a few times over the past couple weeks, so it's time for a repost!***
This is a great explanation of the visual representation of fat loss (attributed originally to a “Bob White”)
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You buy 2 rolls of paper towels, each with 112 paper towels on it. You put one aside and keep it for future reference (your “before” picture). The other represents you (I’ll call your paper towel “Ed”)
The core represents lean Ed. The towels represent the fat that’s covering lean Ed
Now, let’s say that Ed wants to lose 28lbs of fat, so (112/28) each sheet represents a 1/4lb of fat
And let’s assume that Ed loses his fat equally each day of the program. Each day during the 1st week, you tear a sheet off Ed, representing the fat he’s lost that day. Next, you put Ed next to the full roll (“Big Ed”) for comparison
No difference! Even after a week!
“This doesn’t work for me! This program sucks!”
But you continue following your program.
At the end of weeks 2 and 3, you continue to compare Ed to Big Ed, and still notice very little difference. But Ed is determined! He continues working hard!
Months go by, the sheets peeling off every day, before Ed gets up the courage to stand next to Big Ed again
Now there’s a big difference! By the end of the 112 day program Ed is down to his goal, or somewhere near it. Big Ed is still - well, big
The lesson is that bodyfat, like paper towels, comes off in sheets. In the beginning that fat is spread over a MUCH larger area – just like that outside towel sheet
The closer you get to the lean you, the more each lost pound of fat shows, because it is spread over a smaller area
While the outside sheet may only cover one layer of the roll, the inside sheet may go around 4 times. That last sheet looks like it gives you 4 times the results of the first sheet, but in reality, the results are the same – your perception is just different! And you’ll never see the inside, if you aren’t patient while the outside is coming off!
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You don’t see the small changes. But they add up
Focus on the process and stay the course
08/29/2026
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗜 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝗱
I was 11. Two weeks into TaeKwon-Do.
They sent me to the back of the room with the assistant instructor. Red belt. One rank off black.
He had us sit on the floor, legs extended, then lift the whole lower body off the ground on our fingertips.
I couldn't do it. I wasn't strong enough.
So he gave me 100 push-ups as punishment.
I couldn't do 100 push-ups either. I remember my arms shaking. I remember crying.
He was the worst coach I've ever had.
And for some reason, I came back.
4th Dan black belt. 7x British champion. European and World medalist. A level that instructor never reached.
Here's where most people take this story:
"See, tough coaching works. Kids need to be broken down. Look how he turned out."
Wrong.
I came back in spite of him, not because of him. And I was one kid. I have no idea how many kids in that room got the same treatment and never walked back through the door. Neither does he. That's the point — he never had to count them.
Every bad coach has a highlight reel of the ones who stayed. Nobody keeps a list of the ones who quit.
Your best client isn't proof your system works. Your retention rate is.
Don't coach for the kid who was coming back anyway. Coach for the one deciding on the way home.
08/28/2026
Great athletes make average coaches look good.
I've said that for years and I meant it. Put a genetic freak in front of a mediocre program and they'll still progress.
The coach takes the credit. The athlete did the work the coach didn't know how to prescribe.
That's the honest version of a lot of coaching careers.
But there's a second half nobody says out loud.
Great coaches make good athletes look inevitable.
Not talented — inevitable. The kind where you watch them compete and it seems obvious they'd end up there, when the truth is somebody built that over years while nobody was watching.
30+ years in and I still don't know which one I am.
Some days I'm sure I'm the reason. Some days I watch an athlete do something I never programmed and realize they were always going to get there.
Here's what I've settled on.
You don't get to grade yourself. The athlete grades you. And the only athletes who can tell you the truth are the ones who trusted the plan long enough to find out — through the boring block, through the deload they didn't want, through the year where nothing moved.
Those are the ones who do the best. Every time.
So I coach like the second one is possible and stay honest enough to know I might be the first
08/28/2026