Personal Trainer:
       
      
Paul Hood

Paul completed his personal trainer education through the American Council on Exercise (ACE).
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 I have been active my entire life, involved in organized baseball, basketball, and football my entire youth and up until completing high school. I have also stayed active within the community by coaching youth sports at various levels in the Walkersville area. I began running and training with weights as a method of gaining strength and endurance for competitive sports while in school. It did not take me long to realize the benefits, both physical and psychological, of a lifestyle that involves exercise. I really try to stress the importance of a healthy and fit lifestyle to young adults and children I have helped mentor, not only to improve their performance in the short-term, but as a way of establishing habits that will ultimately to lead to a longer and higher-quality existence. I have been weight-training for about 20 years and my specialties are strength training, power-lifting, body-building or body-shaping. I am a big proponent of variety, and I integrate a lot of cross-training techniques into my programs. I feel it adds variety, off-sets boredom, and is a great way to reduce the injury-risk. This includes altering work-out settings, intensity, volume, and methods in the interest of achieving optimal results. I decided to become a personal trainer because I love people, I love setting goals and the challenge that comes with seeing them through, and I love motivating and helping others to obtain a higher level of personal wellness.