As a younger man I wrote for my college paper during my senior year at Oklahoma Baptist University. Soon after that I was a paid writer for the Lewisville News, which was a community based newspaper located in Dallas/Ft. Worth area. Ever since then I have owned a personal training studio in Seattle, worked for 2 of the largest internet companies in the US, taught Jiu Jitsu at one of the most prestigious MMA schools in the country as well as a couple other very good schools, I have traveled all over this country and visited 13 other very cool countries, and I have been a bouncer or Cooler/head bouncer in many a bars and clubs across this here country. I have Loved and been Loved by some of the most Beautiful, Sweet, & Awesome Asian women this planet has to offer:) Yes I have lived a very interesting and different life then your average bear!
So here I sit in my favorite coffee Haus, not House, because apparently that isn’t cool enough of a word for this place;) I joke but seriously this spot is Awesome and it is my absolute favorite writing nook…much like J.K. Rowling’s favorite coffee house “The Elephant House,” where she wrote her first Harry Potter book…http://www.elephanthouse.biz/
As I sit here feeling a little under the weather yet brimming with excitement I reflect on what I had just accomplished and how Amazingly easy it was to do it once I made the decision to get it done…I wrote my first book and just sent it off to my Editor:)!!! It is about Low Back Pain and it is a subject I am extremely familiar with since I had a year plus battle with mind numbing low back pain several years ago. Due to that horrendous injury I developed a system Bio-Mechanics and Functional movement that allows people to be free of this epidemic that affects 1 in every 4 Americans. I am soooooooo Pumped about being able to reach out to people via written word and help them:)!!!
Another very cool thing is happening next week along this vain of Inspiration…I will be Personally Training again:) One of my coworkers is getting married and after discussing his goals and physical aspirations he will start training with me next week:) As I have previously stated I have been a Personal Trainer for many many years and am currently working on a Fitness website that will go live in 6-12 months, depending on several extenuating circumstances. But either way this client is the first of many that I will be able to help and work with under the http://www.FitnesswithAnimal.com banner!!! I am beyond excited and am ready to get people Fit again!
So it seems as if all my experience with the written word, training folks, and my years of work in the internet field will all be paying off:) For all the people out there that have believed in me and have supported me along this crazy life journey I want to say a resounding “Thank You!!!”
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January 10, 2013 | Categories: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Entrepreneurship, Health & Fitness, Inspiration, Jiu Jitsu, Low Back Pain, Travel | Tags: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Faith, feed://feeds.feedburner.com/TVCSermonAudio, hope and faith, http://redroom.com/member/kent-zimmerman, http://www.adamcarolla.com, http://www.elephanthouse.biz, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Animal/293858253512, http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/, http://www.okbu.edu, http://www.punchbowlsocial.com/, Jiu Jitsu, travel, vacation, www.animaljiujitsu.com, www.daveramsey.com, www.fitnesswithanimal.com | Leave a comment
Looks like I’ll be driving to Denver around 9:00pm! Gonna drive through the night so I can avoid the sun and traffic:) Time to get started on my life up there Baby!!!
August 12, 2012 | Categories: Jiu Jitsu | Tags: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Faith, Jiu Jitsu, travel, vacation | Leave a comment
So here I am…feeling better, rested, and like my life batteries have been charged! I drove straight from Dallas, TX to Wichita, Kansas 5 days ago and have been chilling here ever since:) I’ll tell you what, this trip/move has been an exercise in faith and “giving up” of all the things that keep me feeling “normal” like rolling, lifting, being in my own home, my regular routine, etc. This move has showed me that I need to rely on Jesus more for comfort and not my “go to” comforts that help me stabilize and feel “normal”. I am so Blessed to have my health, people who truly love/care for me, and a future that I am extremely excited about BUT when a person is completely out of their routine and natural element, it gets stressful very quick. I have been staying on the sofa of my dear friend Marcheta here in Wichita and am Blessed beyond measure to have a place to lay my head and a friend to hang with while I am here. I have also had to put my hope and faith even more in my Lord b/c I have not had all the comforts of home. This is something that has been extremely unnerving but has taught me so much in my week of travel:) I am looking forward to growing more and seeing where I will be in 6 and 12 months from now…in snowy mountains so it is impossible to be bad;)
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August 12, 2012 | Categories: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Jiu Jitsu | Tags: hope and faith, travel, vacation | Leave a comment
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