My Story

Welcome everyone to the Becoming a Lifelong Athlete Podcast.

In today's episode, we will be discussing my journey and what lead me to the field of Physical Therapy, Sports Performance Training and Strength and conditioning.

I have enjoyed sports and fitness all of my life. I love to be active and I love to compete but golf was never at the forefront for me until I moved to St. Augustine, FL to pursue my Doctorate in Physical Therapy.

That is where I truly fell in love with the sport and have been ever since.

I went through a very unexpected event a little over a year ago that changed my life and my family as I knew it.

This change forced me to essentially start over and re-evaluate everything that I thought my life was going to be. Within this, I went through some very dark times and still have my struggles, but the golf club and the barbell continue to save me.

Having been a Physical Therapist and Strength coach for almost 13 years now I have always enjoyed working with athletes and have incorporated strength training in the rehab for all of my patients.

I have since moved away from the medical model and am now able to put those two things that are a huge part of my life, the barbell and the golf club, together into what I do and how I can serve others.

While golfers are my passion, I do work with athletes of all sports and levels from weekend warriors to the professional level. Helping them look, feel and perform at their best.

I am also a single father of two beautiful children and I understand the difficulty being a parent can bring to living a healthy lifestyle.

Therefore I also enjoy working with busy dads in helping them find a way to fit health, fitness, and wellness into their busy lives.

There is a snapshot of my story and why I do what I do.

I enjoy waking up every day and being able to share my love of golf, sports, and strength training as well as help and serve others in reaching their health, fitness and sports performance goals.

My goal is to put out a monthly to bi-weekly podcast examining a science-based, common sense, no b.s. approach to sports performance training, general fitness, nutrition, rehabilitation pain, and injury and the psychology of coaching

We will also discuss sports, golf, and life

We will examine the bio psycho social approach to caching and treating human beings from professional athletes to those trying to lead functional independent high quality lives.

The episodes will be a combination of me going solo as well as interviews and conversations with experts in the industry, friends, clients, and athletes.

I believe we are all athletes and that we should train like athletes to some degree regardless of our goals.

Enjoy the episode

You can find me at:

Website: http://www.guidrygolfandsport.comand www.barbellsandbirdies.com

IG: Guidry Golf and Sport

Facebook: JP Guidry and Guidry Golf and Sport as well as The Lifetime Athlete Free Facebook group

Twitter: Barbells and Birdies

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