As a college wrestler my task was simple: make the lowest weight class I could and place in the top 8 at the national tournament to become an All-American. I was already one of the top wrestlers in my athletic conference that year, and I believed that I could win the conference tournament and qualify for nationals.
The problem was I hadn’t made weight yet, and with the season rapidly approaching I had to:
Develop & maintain peak levels of physical conditioning
Maintain the strength & muscle I’d worked hard to gain in the off-season
Lose 5-7 lbs EACH WEEK to make my weight-class for competitions (125lbs)
I also had a busy schedule of classes and sports practices to maintain, plenty of homework, a long-distance girlfriend to call and reassure, and plenty of friends asking me when (if ever)I would be free to hang out. With the demands of the sport on my body, and the demands of my life on my schedule, I knew I needed more than just a workout routine and some generic diet tips.
I researched for hours, reading articles from every expert I could find on fat-loss, conditioning, powerlifting, bodybuilding, sport-specific training, functional movement, and more. I tested every training program I read about, and tried every diet strategy I could find.
This required an intense amount of effort, perfect tracking of my food intake, relentless tweaking and optimization of my strength training program, and absolutely no days off. Meanwhile, the clock was ticking.
With unlimited training options to test, and conflicting opinions about which foods to eat, I was running out of time. Managing this monumental task gave me no energy left to even think about wrestling, the whole reason I had turned to “fitness” in the first place. Pretty soon I was exhausted, anxious, depressed, and more confused than ever. Then I got injured. Then I got injured again.
I still hadn’t reached my goal and I never finished that season. In fact, I never competed in wrestling again. Instead, I transferred schools and started over. I had a lot to learn from my experience, and I still had many questions left unanswered.
I pursued a degree in Exercise Physiology because I wanted to understand the principles that drive human performance. I wanted to become my own expert and control of my body and my time. I developed my knowledge of the human body, and the methods by which one could achieve fitness results in a systematic way.
Oddly enough, the more I learned, the simpler my approach became. Soon I was designing my own training programs, creating my own dietary strategies, and optimizing my schedule so that fitness was no longer the center of my life, but a manageable part of it that I actually enjoyed.
This journey is what led me to develop BG.FIT90, a simple approach to driving results in the areas that matter most for achieving health and fitness.
Since then, I’ve used my knowledge and experience to help others gain control of their bodies, minds, and time while achieving their health and fitness goals from home.
Fitness That Fits In
So if getting in shape has felt like a battle, or you’re unsure about where to begin.
