Lance White, CMSS, ACE-CPT
Diamond Level Personal Trainer & Muscle System Specialist, Director of Professional Development
Years in Personal Training: 30
Interests: basketball, travelling and camping with my family
As a young athlete I developed an understanding of what it takes to be successful. I fell in love with characteristics like discipline, consistency, determination, resilience and perseverance that were allrequired in order to achieve sporting excellence. My experiences of training to improve athletic performance were physically grueling, mentally challenging and emotionally rewarding once completed.
These experiences combined with a curiosity for how things work and love for helping people improve their lives using exercise is why I love what I do.
Working with clients, I believe it is critically important for both client and exercise professionals to clearly understand why they want to achieve their goals, at a holistic level. By holistic, I mean how deep their desire runs, physically, psycho-emotionally, and spiritually that helps all involved clearly understand the value of attaining this goal. Doing so lays a solid foundation to then work toward improving a client’s physical ability so they have the opportunity to develop the necessary traits - physical, behavioural and emotional required to attain their goals. I believe that I must recognize the individual’s unique circumstances that contribute to identifying a safe place to start so expectations can be communicated and clients can enjoy the journey of progressive physical improvement leading to a higher quality of life and pain-free living.
Success is in what they say! Happy clients, achieving their objectives, sharing their experiences, which demonstrates the true power of their body’s ability, when exercise is fitted to them. It can be a life altering experience for people who have beendealing with chronic issues, to have them reduced or eliminated using exercise and strengthening techniques. In my experience, this realization and emotional shift is extremely valuable to clients and is how and what I describe success to look like.