I really hadn’t been a gym-goer since high-school. But sometime in my mid-thirties I saw a video of myself in a swimsuit and thought, “nah, we’re not doing that.” After 6 years of being a staple at my local gym the coaches had an intervention where they told me I needed to quit screwing around and get certified. So I did. Now I teach half a dozen classes at two gyms, train a handful of individuals, and teach Olympic weightlifting to boot. At this point it’s not exactly a career, but I sure seem to spend a lot of time picking up heavy things.