Category: Roll Call

Roll Call 11/26/18 – Foundations

As Shield is developing through its infancy stages, I wanted to give you an update of what I’m working on and what’s coming soon.

Roll Call Reports

In the police world, the start of every tour of duty begins with a briefing by supervisors to the rank and file. This briefing serves to check attendance, disseminate information about any active high profile investigations, provide updates to legal procedures or departmental policy, and allow for discussion amongst the group about any topic that may be pertinent.

In this fashion, one of the content features of the site will be periodic Roll Call Reports, which will be informal “briefings” as to the current happenings at Shield and any updates to changes in the site.   I will also use the Roll Call reports as my vehicle for any off the cuff discussion, thoughts, or rants that just happen to be flowing through my mind at the time. 

“The Basics” Article Series

The first series of formal content will cover the most common and general concepts in physical fitness and health. This will serve as the starting point for individuals new to exercise and will provide everyone a foundation upon which our training philosophy is built upon. 

“Be on the lookout” for the first installment of this series coming soon!

Free S#%T!!!

In addition to “The Basics” article series I’m also working on some free guides/templates on training and nutrition and hope to have those out soon. Stay tuned!

New Pages

You may see some structural changes to the website as I add more content and develop my web design skills. 😉

That’s all for today. Thanks for stopping by.

Be safe.

-Dexter

Roll Call 11/12/18 – Beginnings

I’m an organized person. I like to keep my desk clean and free of clutter. There’s one item, though, that I keep in “plain view” at all times.

This simple frame from Things Remembered with a single dollar bill was given to me by a personal training client of mine several years ago. I was just fresh out of college training at a local gym, and one of my clients was a successful businesswoman with an incredible work ethic, both inside and outside the gym.

Throughout our time working together we talked a lot about training and a lot about business, and also about my future plans and what I wanted to do with my career. This included discussion about me possibly starting my own business at some point.

One day, out of the blue, she showed up to one of our sessions with this frame, and told me to keep it as a reminder that anything was possible if I believed in myself and continued to work my tail off.

What she said must have stuck, because it has sat on my desk, occupying prime real estate, ever since. I’ve moved five times since then, and still I’ve made it a point to keep this frame visible. Most of my other “memorabilia” (even my college diploma!) are sitting in boxes out of sight. I’m thankful for the constant reminder to have faith and keep my nose to the grindstone.

After several years, a career change, plenty of mistakes, and lots of learning, Shield Training Systems, LLC is born. I’m super excited to continue to help others, and I look forward to the many mistakes I make along the way!

Thank you to JoAnne for the small but powerful gift, and thanks to all of you for following along!

-Dexter