{"id":1755,"date":"2025-08-02T00:04:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T04:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athletics.carleton.ca\/community\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=1755"},"modified":"2025-08-02T00:04:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T04:04:31","slug":"brian-j","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/athletics.carleton.ca\/community\/people\/brian-j\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian J."},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>It was my 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp;year at Carleton U, I was very active and was part of the varsity soccer team and ran track for the Ottawa lions. But I was not eating right. I was eating a lot of fast food, lots of salt and fatty food. Long story short, I ended up having hypertension and other health problems. Then I decided to change all those bad habits and started exercising regularly. A healthy lifestyle just grew on me and made me realize I can help others do the same thing. So after my undergrad at Carleton U, I decided to take a program called Fitness And Health Promotion at Algonquin College and after that, the rest is history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, fitness is a lifestyle. I use fitness as a tool to escape and as therapy. I believe that fitness is not about being perfect, but rather, it\u2019s about making an effort, and when you bring that effort every single day, that\u2019s where the change happens. My testimony is that \u201cYou are stronger than you think,\u201d and through fitness, I strive to make others believe that too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have helped many clients lose weight in my 6+ years as a trainer. But one of my all-time favourites, a woman came to me without having any idea of what to do and how to lose weight. We worked together for 9 months and she lost 63lbs, gained confidence and now she is actively maintaining, learning and setting more goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"certifications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Certifications<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Personal Training (CSEP)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CanFirPro personal training certification \/ Group Fitness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kettlebell Certification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-section cu-section--white w-screen ml-offset-center px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><div class=\"cu-max-w-child-5xl space-y-6 md:space-y-10   cu-prose-first-last\"><figure class=\"cu-figure not-prose  max-w-full\"><div class=\"not-prose overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-lg max-w-full rounded-none\"><div class=\"relative none overflow-hidden w-full pb-[56.25%] border border-cu-black-100\"><iframe title=\"Videos Embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pnin1bi3V0o\" class=\"cu-embed-iframe\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1756,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Brian","cu_people_last_name":"J.","cu_people_initials":"BJ","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[108],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-1755","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-personal-trainers"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Personal Trainer","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brian J. - Carleton Athletics: Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/athletics.carleton.ca\/community\/cu-people\/brian-j\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brian J. - Carleton Athletics: Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It was my 2nd&nbsp;year at Carleton U, I was very active and was part of the varsity soccer team and ran track for the Ottawa lions. 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