“Hey Boss, you won’t make any gains working out like that!” Said the head personal trainer at a gym I used to belong to. “Let me show you how to reach your fitness goals faster.” He added. Hahaha.

He tried selling me a personal training package for a year, week after week, with that awful sales pitch. Of course I never took him up on his offer because first, even though he was half my age, he was out of shape and over weight, and second, I don’t respond well to people who don’t work for me calling me “Boss.” Mostly though, he was never going to sell me on his services because he never took the time to learn what my fitness goals were.

I’m not training for “gains.” I’m big enough already, and what matters to me most in my workouts is increasing youthfulness and vitality. I have a lot of students who are over the age of 35, and many over 60. I’m looking at long term gains in joint and muscle flexibility, bone density, lean and functional muscle, overall athleticism, and brain elasticity to fight the effects of brain wasting diseases. Along with supplements and diet, I feel like I am getting much better at designing custom made training packages that teach practical self defense while increasing youth and vitality.

The next time you want to sell me something, ask me some good questions first. There are a million reasons to do something, make sure you know mine, then you might be able to help me. If I can help you, reach out and we can talk. I promise I will have a lot of questions for you!

Matt Pasquinilli – on the stair climber

Dayton, Ohio – When your child is struggling in school with grades, behavior, or both, you can get very frustrated and concerned. There are many real learning challenges that your child might be facing, but the school will usually screen for or look for those reasons and offer help when found. Often though, the problem has more to do with habits and behaviors, and only you, as the parent, can really turn them around. The solutions will not be obvious to you or you would have already fixed the problem. You need a good behavior coach, and that is my job. I will help you identify the behaviors that are getting in the way of good grades or good classroom behavior. Then, together, you and I will reverse engineer the changes you will coach your child through so that grades and behavior improves and along with it, confidence, self-esteem, and happiness. When you enroll your child in my martial arts program, I will get you there faster. When you put yourself in my boxing or martial arts classes, the process gets even faster. Whether you or your child participates in my fitness based programs or not, you will still find success when you allow me to coach you and your child to a more successful school year. Be prepared to work and get out of your comfort zone though. And if you want to get my most valuable program for free, I am auditioning four families to go through my training as part of a new online tv show. So you get me free in exchange for me taping the process for others to learn from. You need to email me when you are ready to have a better school year. Don’t wait though. Feeling like a failure in school lasts a lifetime.

Matt Pasquinilli

pasquinilli@hotmail.com