The Good Life – March-April 2019

JAKE HAILE HELPS PEOPLE ACCOMPLISH MORE
THAN THEY THOUGHT POSSIBLE
As a fitness coach, Jake Haile
doesn’t care about what you can’t
do.
But he will do everything he can
to inspire you to realize everything
you can do.
And inspire is exactly what he
does. But so do all the incredible
people Jake works with.
Because Jake works with people
who are often seen as the least
likely folks to become serious
athletes — they have physical
or developmental disabilities,
Parkinson’s disease or maybe Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder.
But athletes they are.
“This is not about me,” he said.
“It’s about inspiring themselves
and making the community around
them better.”
That altruistic attitude is evident
immediately when Jake talks about
his job. As a fitness trainer at TNT
Kid’s Fitness and Gymnastics and
operator of the No Limits program,
Jake works with children and
adults with some type of physical
or developmental disability in a
dedicated space that keeps them
safe and with a program adapted
to their individual abilities. In
addition, he operates the Rock
Steady Boxing program, where he
teaches people with Parkinson’s
Disease to box.
“They blow me away with their
ability,” he said. The boxing
program — which is a non-contact
sport in this circumstance — gives
individuals the skills necessary to
box while actually fighting back
against the disease.
“The way I see it, these people
have a boulder placed in front of
their lives, and they could sit and
stare at it, or they could choose to
stand up and push the boulder out
of the way,” Jake said. “I’m helping
them be an active participant in
the treatment of their Parkinson’s
disease.”
“THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME.
IT’S ABOUT INSPIRING THEMSELVES
AND MAKING THE COMMUNITY AROUND
THEM BETTER.”
WRITTEN BY: DANIELLE TEIGEN • PHOTOS BY: URBAN TOAD MEDIA
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