"The happy runner epiphany is taking the pressure off of results, cutting yourself (and others) some slack, and understanding that it’s about the process all along. Results are judged by finish lines. Process isn’t judged at all. Process is just life. ”
"The happy runner epiphany is taking the pressure off of results, cutting yourself (and others) some slack, and understanding that it’s about the process all along. Results are judged by finish lines. Process isn’t judged at all. Process is just life. ”
Coaching Philosophy
The WhyAfter spending 9 years developing medical devices, I have the opinion that our general current lifestyle is not sustainable for the long-term, nor healthy. Obesity rates in the US, in both adults and in children, are at an all-time high and still rising so the problem is not getting any better. We see this in the medical device industry where we keep chasing longer and stronger devices because the people treated are bigger and have more complicated disease states, which messes up their anatomy even more. We can't fight physics so this is just not a long-term, sustainable direction. Therefore, I have decided to care more about contributing to the prevention side of health and wellness, rather than just the curing side. To save money (health insurance costs are just ridiculous), to save time (no regrets on the deathbed), and to save lives.
What I hope to achieve with The Growth Experience is to help people grow and be healthier, happier and better people through moving and being active. I also hope to help people explore and move through life pain-free, which is why I decided to specialize in corrective exercises as well as integrate mobility workouts and other modalities into personal training and run coaching. To better help runners, I integrate as much of my personal training and corrective exercise experience to help them prevent and/or overcome injuries and back on the path to reaching their goals. With respect to running, running is how I started down this path of becoming an advocate for active movement. Everyone who runs is part of the running community and I want to give back as much as I can, as a running coach, to the running community. Most of what I do and how I do it goes to try and answer the following question - " How can I encourage you to love the process and help you develop a long-term, sustainable, healthy, and happy relationship with your running?" To paraphrase David and Megan Roche (from their book The Happy Runner) - " Races and finish lines come and go. While they are good in giving you structure and a checkpoint for your process, let's not let them define our self-worth as a runner or person. By emphasizing the day-to-day experiences and long-term atmosphere of growth over results, the bad stuff can be good too, just another story (learning experience) to tell on your adventure." |
“You don't become a runner by winning a morning workout. The only true way is to marshal the ferocity of your ambition over the course of many day, weeks, months, and (if you could finally come to accept it) years. The Trial of Miles; Miles of Trials.”
- John L. Parker Jr., Once A Runner |