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:
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
