Courage Performance Is:

Courage Performance offers a training program unlike any other. It is designed to help you move better, perform better, and function better. It is designed to help you live better. This is progression, learning to do all movements correctly so that you can lift more, move faster, endure longer, jump higher, live longer, recover better, and prevent injures. This is general health and wellness; this is True fitness. Fitness the way the human body was designed to have. This is function and fun amongst friends and family.

Courage Performance is over 20 combined years of helping people of every background, every age, and every fitness level learn to achieve their true potential. We have built a community that reaches across the country that is committed to the best training, the best programming, and the best coaching.
Be part of something fun.

Be part of something groundbreaking. Be part of something that will change your life for the better, for the rest of your life. Our community and our program is here, ready to change your life.

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True Fitness:
If one can create a balance of all physical skills, that person will be more athletic overall. The more athletic one is, the better, healthier, and happier one will be.  Decreased body fat, increased lean muscle, decreased risk of injury and disease, and an overall healthier outlook on life.  The added benefit of training with this goal in mind is that if you do specialize in a sport (triathlon, running, golf, baseball, football, ultimate frisbee etc.), becoming more athletic will inevitably result in an increased ability to perform the skills required for your particular sport. To truly achieve overall athleticism, one must practice a combination of everything functionally physical. What this means is that all people should:

• Use their bodies in the all ways: stabilized (isometrically), eccentrically, concentrically, always with the greatest ranges of motion the movements call for, and in control (this is "functionality")
• Always do different things, be outside, inside, use barbells, dumbbells, sandbags, cinder blocks, trees, climb, crawl, throw, run, swim etc.
• Always put forth 100% effort

It is the last point that gets confused a lot.  High intensity does not always mean passed out in the corner in a pool of sweat and vomit.  It really just means the amount of effort you put forth based on the demand of the work you are doing.  A 1RM (one repetition max) deadlift, for example will be a very, very slow movement.  But to lift the weight, one must put forth absolute maximal effort.  The same holds true for holding your body in the plank position for an extended period of time.  Simply put, whatever the demands of the movement, put all your energy in to doing it! A main goal of Courage Performance is to be able to see measurable results.  What this means is that we must work hard to not only feel like we are getting better, but so that we can actually prove we are getting better at everything we do.

The final aspect of Courage Performance is that it is more than just a way to work out, it is a lifestyle.  After you begin to work in this manner, with other people, you begin to get a sense of belonging to a greater entity, of being part of a big family that likes to sweat, eat healthy and have fun training together.  This is my favorite part -- you will never be unsupported. As you can see, the concepts are pretty basic, keep the base concepts of max effort, many different movements, and sweating with other people, you'll be able to grasp what it really means to be fit and healthy.

Courage Performance Dedication 
I am dedicated to:

• Giving each athlete the attention they deserve, and more
• Supplying each athlete with the means to become healthier and fitter
• Supplying constant motivation
• Practicing what I preach
• Keeping things fun
• Supporting a healthy, fit-minded community
• Always giving back

I expect all athletes to:

• Give 100% effort
• Embrace fitness in some way into their lives
• Help others