Lifted Health

12/10/2025

My boys looking jumpy

12/10/2025

My boys in basketball and wrestling being ELITE against some old FCVC teams

12/10/2025

2026 Mission Statement — Lifted Performance

As we head into the new year, I want to clarify the mission behind the three roles I serve every single day: business owner, trainer, and coach. Each role carries its own goal, and together they define the standard I’m committed to upholding for this community.

1. Business Goal — Grow With Clarity & Purpose

Lifted Performance will continue to grow, but part of that growth is educating the public—especially those who have never owned a business—on how and why we operate the way we do.

I support all athletes as a human being, but Lifted is a business.
Just like McDonald’s doesn’t advertise Burger King, Lifted cannot advertise non-clients. We promote the people who invest in our services, because that is the product we provide.

We also use comparison marketing when necessary—not to offend anyone, but to demonstrate value. If a car salesman is showing you a Corvette, he’ll compare it to a Cavalier so you understand what you’re paying for. Quality needs context. That’s not negativity; that’s transparency.

2. Trainer Goal — Continue the Standard of Excellence

As a trainer, this year was exactly what I wanted it to be. Athletes improved. Programs worked. Standards stayed high.
My goal for the upcoming year is simple: keep that momentum going and continue doing the job at the level my athletes deserve.

3. Coaching Goal — Build Stronger Partnerships With Parents & Stronger Minds in Athletes

Coaching today is different than the era many of us grew up in. We came from a time where players like Ronnie Lott cut a finger off to stay in the game, and Michael Jordan dropped a game-winner with a 104° fever and if I went home and told my parents I was sore they would have said "good, that means you worked hard' or if playing time was an issue "what are you doing to fix it" and that mentality is becoming rare.

Now, athletes transfer schools when things get tough. Olympians leave the biggest stage in the world because they’re “not happy.” In many ways, physical development has advanced, but mental/physical toughness has regressed.

My goal this year is to work better with parents so together we can bring back some of that grit. Not to make sports harder—
but to prepare young people for life. To have open communication with parents and athletes who may have perspective differences.

Hardship is a teacher. Challenge builds character. Mental/physical toughness is not outdated; it is necessary.
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Closing Statement

Thank you to everyone who has supported me and Lifted Performance this year. Your trust allows me to pour my time, energy, and life into this community.

Here’s to a new year of growth, clarity, toughness, and results.
See you in 2026.

12/10/2025

Kinslee has been awarded All State recognition as a freshman by the NYVCA.

This is our 12th All State athlete individually (25 all state awards) in 3 different sports and now 2 different states.

Great Job!!!

12/09/2025

Love me or hate me, think that my expectations are too high or that I push people too hard, you will not find anybody who puts in more time than I do for the health and performance of this town or its athletes.

I wake up and go to work for my town before everybody else, I come home after everybody else, and I fill that time between the two with more results than anybody else. That's how you build a better place to live for everyone.

So when you talk about supporting local and supporting the local athletes, you better find somebody who puts in more work than me AND gets more results because otherwise you're just talking about a VERY distant second best.

12/09/2025

Vote Parker

The Erie Times-News, from now through March, will conduct male and female athlete of the week polls for District 10's winter sports season.

12/08/2025

The science of performance is creating some amazing performances at the youth and at the masters levels! This is amazing!

If you don't think you need professional strength, nutrition, stretching and sports specific coaching you are really missing the gain train!

12/07/2025

There’s a massive difference between building champions where none existed… and standing beside the ones who already shine just to steal their light because you can't create any.

Nolan went from 14th in the state to 1st with a 48 foot increase.

Football went from 3 wins to 9 and a region title then 2 winning seasons for the first time in 12 years.

Baseball went from 3 wins to 10

Volleyball went from runner up in their region to 3x region champs and 2x district champs.

Lindsey Hasbrouck went from 3rd to 1st in D10 and a PIAA runner up with a 20 foot increase.

Mandi Johnson 320 # deadlift to 400 # deadlift and National champion.

12/07/2025

Hit my first 600 pound squat since the inconvenience my knee has become. Pretty easy actually considering.
Hit 415 on a straight bar for pause afterwards.

12/07/2025

I’m going to level with you:
One of the toughest parts of my job is dealing with how little most people understand about what it truly takes physically and mentally to reach any meaningful goal. The process demands time, challenge, discomfort, and sometimes breaking a few eggs.

But every time a coach, parent, or athlete actually buys in and trusts the process, the success rate is 100%. Not just in physical capability, but in their entire mental outlook.

The hardest truth I teach is this:
Feeling something doesn’t make it real.
Fatigue, doubt, soreness, distress — most of those barriers are mental, not physical. And once you push through them consistently, they fade. What’s left is potential.

Thank you to the rare few who are truly ready to get Lifted and those who aren't..... I'm here for you as well.

12/07/2025

Holy moly this is an insane performance!