Working out can be an extremely vulnerable state, showing our fears and shame and limitations. I found two advantages being a Deaf trainer:ġ) We share the same language of vulnerability in fitness. “Maybe you should try for a smaller gym…” “Are you sure you don’t want to try something else?” “How are you going to communicate with them?” Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?ĭrowning out the debbie downers, the naysayers and skeptics who thought it would be too difficult to train hearing clients. It happened for me – and it continues to – and I felt it was my calling to show you how. Health, training, physical and psychological progress are the core of my daily life.įast forward to now, when my most recent accomplishment was making it on season 10 of American Ninja Warrior and I am a trainer to self-made, motivated professionals looking to take their confidence and commitment to personal success to the next level.ĭon’t consider me just a personal trainer – I joined the field after three years of learning, filling my relentless tank with confidence, passion, motivation and self-acceptance devoted to helping you find your inner resilience and harmony, Fitness is a common language that forces us to be vulnerable, and from a place of vulnerability, we can build resilience, confidence, empathy and chase our endless potential. I am one of your everyday people who challenge myself to the next level. But why stop there? Why stop at one pull up? Why stop at helping one person? How you train sets the tone of how you want to lead your life. I could have stayed in my corner of the fitness studio, and maybe just cater to people who can sign. I hope to be a role model of NOT leaning onto the easy way around life. So, I decided: If it was going to be hard, I would make it easier my chasing the challenges down, and finding harder ones. I would have to work harder and I would have to advocate for myself. I have been deaf since birth and I knew my whole life things would be harder. That was five years ago and I couldn’t do one pull up. I used to hide in the fitness studio to perform my workouts, uneasy about lifting in front of others, until I started working with a trainer. So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story. Today we’d like to introduce you to Anne Reuss.
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