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Jonathan Goodman

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Who’s This Jon Guy?

Welcome to my site, I hope you’re doing great!  If you clicked here then you’re probably wondering who this Jon Goodman guy is and why did you click on his site?  If I had to choose 5 words to describe myself they would be:

  1. Neurotic
  2. Intuitive
  3. Megalomaniacal
  4. Indefatigable
  5. Inquisitive

My Beginnings:

  • Born with an innate love for sport but ended up at 5″4… Decided to lift some weights.
  • Fell prey to every mistake in the book (probably invented new screw ups)
  • Entered Western University at 5’4, 105lbs after 4 years of lifting.

School Years:

  • Gained 15lbs first year after reading a Men’s Health article advising a bowl of cottage cheese with every meal (I now HATE cottage cheese)
  • Started personal training in year 2 at the University of Western Ontario
  • Spent 30+hrs in the gym working out or working while studying Kinesiology
  • Had amazing mentors to show me the way

The Traveller

  • Lived in Canada, Australia, Greece, and England 
  • Traveled to 12 different countries in 6 different continents before reaching 25 years of age

The Graduate

  • Started personal training full-time at Body + Soul Fitness in Toronto Canada
  • Gained an amazing clientele (check out the testimonials!)
  • Promoted to Senior Trainer at Body + Soul Fitness 
  • Decided I wanted to positively affect the lives of more people so I started on my journey of empowering trainers

The Frustration

  • Realized that some new personal trainers were clueless, directionless, and suffered from information overload
  • Searched endlessly for resources teaching personal trainers how to actually train (they didn’t exist)
  • Started on my own mission to develop those resources.  Researched incessantly and decided to embark on the insane journey of writing a book
  • Developed the Personal Trainer Development Center (www.theptdc.com) as a way of grouping together the best and most passionate coaches from around North America with the goal of improving personal trainers’ ‘soft skills’
  • Started a wicked awesome YouTube channel

My Mission

  • To be proud to call myself a personal trainer by bringing up the quality and reputation of the industry
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