Bonus 2 of 2.

The Greater the Pain, the Greater the Possibility:

The Story Behind DreamBody School.

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Heya! There are two sections below.

1. My Personal Story.

2. My Professional Story.

At the bottom are links to return to your desired page.

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1. My personal Story.

 

I have a hard time trusting someone until they’ve been vulnerable with me. Since our relationship is built on trust, I wanna share with you a bit more about myself.

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I was born in the 80s and grew up in the 90s in Ohio. My earliest, clearest childhood fantasy was of being adored, and indomitable. I envisioned what it would feel like to have a physique beyond compare: it would be my gateway to freedom, joy, power and safety. This ambition did not wither with age.

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After graduating college at Indiana University, I moved to New York to pursue a career as an actor. My family supported me financially during this time.

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Then, my life turned upside down around New Year’s of 2011. Virtually all at once, I came out of the closet; began confronting years of brutal abuse and trauma I had experienced in my childhood home; and sought help for the anxiety I’d struggled with my entire life. My family’s financial support rapidly diminished in the midst of this.

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I pivoted to personal training as a more stable source of income. I liked working with people, and over the previous years had learned a great deal from a Canadian bodybuilder who hosted his own online school.

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During my first few years as a trainer (between 2011 and 2015), through a combination of privilege and hard work, I had as clients some of the most intriguing and influential gay men in New York City. This was thanks in part to the gym I worked at, Equinox in Flatiron, and thanks in part to my unique ability to teach each client how to develop impeccable weightlifting form and pace.  (I’d learned this from my online school!) Simultaneously, I took advantage of a litany of educational seminars, workshops and courses sponsored by the extremely resourceful company for which I worked.

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In late 2016, now working for myself, I became heavily involved with activism. In June of 2017, I bottomed out on anger, grief, financial insecurity and self harm. I made a decision to disconnect from activism, and focus on saving myself.

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One year later, in June of 2018, I was nearly out of debt, on medication, and I was finally feeling like a beautiful life was possible again.

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It was during the middle of the Pride March that month that that I saw shirtless photos of myself. I saw unbridled joy on my face. But when I looked down at my torso, I did not feel pride. I felt like a far cry from those jaw dropping, real-life-superhero bodies I’d seen prancing around Fire Island over the past few summers.
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And I had an inkling why I’d let myself stay stuck: I genuinely believed that my PG13-rated addiction to junk food had me tethered for life to a physique that was just “really good.”

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But, I had just spent the last year clawing my way back from Hell. I’d be damned if I was going to stop climbing now. I was ready to intensely commit to developing a physique that would provide me with endless amounts of joy and power – a body that would make my inner child super(hero) proud.

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I reached out to a different bodybuilding coach I’d met years earlier in NYC, who now lived 2,000 miles away in Colorado. I told him that since I couldn’t yet afford regular HGH, I was ready to do whatever he told me to in order to organically earn broader, more impressive shoulders; a cut waist and prominent abs; a higher butt; thicker calves; and arms that would help me feel confident even around the most jacked of guys.

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The physical transformation that commenced from the summer of 2018 invited into my life a seemingly inalienable sense of self-belief which had hitherto eluded me.

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As my relationship with my body improved, I finally found the courage to make dramatic changes in my business.

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I became more comfortable spending time alone.

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I felt less obligated to spend money constantly to keep up with the lifestyle of my peers.

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I started taking professional and romantic rejection less personally.

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I finished writing and editing two novels I’d begun in 2014.

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And, miraculously, I realized that my greatest fear – that I could never break my junk food addiction – was unfounded.

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It was time to share my small miracle with others. DreamBody School was created.

2. My Professional Story.

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Certified Personal Trainer:

    • National Council on Strength and Fitness (NCSF)
    • National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association (NESTA)

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Nutrition Coaching:

    • Earned certification in 2013 from Precision Nutrition, the nation’s leading body transformation project
    • This certification involved over 100 hours of coursework and seminar training

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Other professional certifications:

    • Brookbush Institute (Dr. Brookbush designed the company-wide trainer education for Equinox and New York Sports Club):

      • Advancements in Corrective Exercise Selection Certification

      • Advancements in Program Design

      • Advancements in Exercise Selection

    • Equinox Fitness Training Institute:

      • Over three hundred hours of training and course study via the Equinox High Performance Living Symposium

      • Kettlebells

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