JoJo Gonzales

I have always had a passion and intuition for sports and play.  In the beginning stages of college, I bounced around from Accounting to Business to Computer Science majors.  At the same time in my life, I had numerous friends and family members become ill and pass away, I also had a college professor ask one of my classes " Do you want to sit behind a desk the rest of your life making money or do you want to go out and help people?"  That question pushed me into studying even deeper into exercise science.  Early into my personal training career, I trained a few notable clients.  One specifically, Bernardo Castro, lost his eyesight at 19 years old.  He was a member of the Golds Gym I trained at.  Three sessions later, I was given an opportunity to see just how the mind of a blind athlete worked.  The constant memorization of steps and sounds.  Every client I ever had had such a unique story about them.  Those one-hour sessions were the most meaningful.  They were at times challenging yet very rewarding.

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I have always had a passion and intuition for sports and play.  In the beginning stages of college, I bounced around from Accounting to Business to Computer Science majors.  At the same time in my life, I had numerous friends and family members become ill and pass away, I also had a college professor ask one of my classes " Do you want to sit behind a desk the rest of your life making money or do you want to go out and help people?"  That question pushed me into studying even deeper into exercise science.  Early into my personal training career, I trained a few notable clients.  One specifically, Bernardo Castro, lost his eyesight at 19 years old.  He was a member of the Golds Gym I trained at.  Three sessions later, I was allowed to see just how the mind of a blind athlete worked.  The constant memorization of steps and sounds.  Every client I ever had had such a unique story about them.  Those one-hour sessions were the most meaningful.  They were at times challenging yet very rewarding.

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I was in my last year of my degree and we had an assignment to coach a basketball class.  It was up to us on what we wanted to coach.  I picked a defensive basketball drill we used in high school and decided to use it with the class (we even had some of the college basketball players in there).  I was incredibly hyped up to do this and by the end of my session, after a bunch of high fives from the class and basketball players, the professor walked by and said "You're gonna coach something one day.  I'm not sure what it is...but you're gonna be good at it!"  That statement has stuck with me for a very long time.  I have a passion for teaching, and for making my clients an understanding of what my training entails along with technical skills.

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