Archive for April 5th, 2008

Growing Into You: My Vision

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

When I first started this website, my vision with what I wanted to do was hazy. I knew that I wanted to create a website where I could help people improve their lives. That is the one thing I have been focusing on with each article I have written so far. After that, I was not sure what else I wanted to do with the website.

With my college graduation quickly approaching, my goal for the past year has been to start my own business. I have never been exactly sure as to what kind of business I wanted to open; the only thing I knew of was I wanted it to involve physical training and improving the body physically.

As I have briefly mentioned in previous articles, throughout my baseball career, I was constantly researching how the muscles worked. My research included how to eat right, how to put workouts together to effectively reach my goals, and how to supplement my workouts and diet in order to reach maximum gains. Since I was a freshman in high school, I have been putting workouts together in order to help me reach new heights in my baseball career. As I wrote more programs, I began to understand what exercises needed to be linked together in order to get the most out of my workouts. Along with my research, I have had the opportunity to have trained under some of the best weight-lifting coaches in the country.

Kerry Rosenboom at Wichita State University is highly regarded as one of the most knowledgeable fitness instructors in the nation. He has trained many All-Americans, NBA players, and MLB stars. When I transferred to Indiana University, I had the opportunity to train under their weight training staff. They were also very knowledgeable, producing some of the best athletes in the country year in and year out. The difference between the two coaches varied greatly. Kerry was very focused on getting his athletes as big and strong as possible, while IU was more focused on becoming lean, flexible, and explosive. These differences has allowed me to further understand how to create a very effective workout.

I would like to give a brief outline as to where I would like to go with my website. The reason I am publishing this before I begin the creation part is to get feedback from you. While you read this, I would like you to think if this is something you would be interested in. Also, I would like you to tell me if there were other services I could add to be more effective.

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