For the past 23 years, I’ve been a coach in the health, fitness, and sports performance fields.

For 13 of those years, I owned my own gym – Coaching For Glory. 

For 5 years, I’ve run a company that teaches people how to coach – The Refined Art of Coaching.

And yet, just last month, I thought I was done coaching clients in this area. 

I basically came out and said as much. 

That was a mistake. 

You ever been smacked by God? 

One minute, you’re headed down a path of your own creation, blinded by whatever selfish justification you can manage. 

And the next, you’re given a violent shove onto a different one. 

Just me? 

In this case, it was a shove back into the area I’ve been blessed to be part of for more than half of my life. 

(Which according to my kids is a REALLLLLLLY long time!)

You see, while I was ready to pack up and move on, God had a different agenda. 

He simply turned on the light to bring attention to the work I’ve yet to complete.

When I’m out in my local community, people want to talk to me about their health and fitness: how they can improve it, what I think about the “new” fads out right now, and how they can hang onto their athleticism as they age.

I’m also “the guy” to come to when you want your kids to get stronger, faster, and more powerful. 

The irony of all this is that I’ve never stopped coaching clients in person and online. 

I told myself that I continue to do it because I love it and it’s a way that I can be of value to others. 

And I still tried walking away. 

As my Pastor would say, “But God…”

He keeps sending clients my way. 

He keeps putting people in my path that need the help that I am happy to provide. 

Ok, ok, ok – I get it.  

“Not my will, Lord, but yours.” 

So what am I saying? 

I’ll get back to writing way more about health, fitness, and sports performance. 

It doesn’t mean I won’t write to dads about being better leaders at home, just that it won’t be as overt as I tried forcing it to be. 

And if you’re looking for a coach to help you stay strong, powerful, and resilient – I’m “the guy.”