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 With respect to working out and staying fit, in the past I have belonged to one gym or another. Back then my workouts were of the usual kind, where after work I would head to the gym and lift some weights and maybe try and get in some cardio. My knowledge of working out properly came from reading “fitness magazines”, talking to some of my buddies and then developing my own workout.
No doubt when I was working out then, there were times I was doing more harm than good to my body. But being young, my body was not apt to give me too much grief if I over lifted or worked out too hard, as I always seemed to bounce back pretty quick.
Back then I also had a lot more free time then I do now. I could go to the gym and spend anywhere from 30min to two hours, pending how I was feeling and how motivated I was.
But of course my fitness routine came crashing down with the birth of my first child. I was 35, and all of a sudden, all of the free time that I had enjoyed, suddenly evaporated. It was also around this time, I was starting to notice that I was getting injured more often when it came to playing soccer, running, climbing, skiing etc.
As I settled into a busy career and fatherhood, my workouts became sporadic and were not helped with the arrival of our second child. Three months before my 40th birthday, I injured my back skiing and found myself on a couch, in pain and wondering if this was to be a precursor or a foreshadow of what was waiting for me in my forties.
It was then that I had two serious epiphanies around my health and fitness:
- Time was my most precious commodity and therefore my workouts had to be designed to ensure maximum value for time spent.
- I wanted to continue to play sports and insure that I stayed injury free no matter what I did.
I began to look around for a personal trainer who could help with my two goals. It was then that I meet Wendy Peterson of Home Stretch Fitness. She understood my situation immediately. It was no longer about lifting weights to look good, it was now about working out in the most effective manner possible with the goal of being able to play multiple sports and stay injury free. In the end it came down to quality of life for me. Staying fit and being able to participate in the physical activities that I loved was key to my personal happiness.
Working with Wendy, she reinforced the importance of working on my core and how if I kept them strong, I would be able to participate in multiple sports and physical activities and stay injury free.
After three months of working with Wendy, I celebrated my 40th birthday with a four day mountaineering trip. Not only did I have an amazing time and not once did I feel out of shape or fatigued, but I returned home injury free and looking forward to the next ten years of climbing, skiing, running and playing soccer.
Thank you Wendy, for all your expertise that has lead me towards life changing results!
Shane Jensen |
I have always been an active person. From skating in the winter, to running, hiking and wakeboarding in the summer, I always liked to be doing something. Four years ago, all of that changed. On my way home from work one day, I ended up in a car accident when another driver ran a stop sign. After an ambulance ride and many hours at the hospital, I was told that nothing was broken, but that I had deep tissue and muscle damage. At first I thought; great – nothing’s broken so there’s nothing to worry about. I will be back to normal in no time. I was wrong.
