Coppell Personal Trainer & Dallas Area Personal Trainer and Online fitness Coach
Coach Brad has been helping people look and feel 10 years younger since 1998.
He is the Founder of Get You In Shape, who has helped over 5,000 clients since 2006.
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A Fitness Love Story: Making Health No. 1
Rick and Mary Allen met on a ski slope, fell in love, and got married some four decades ago. And from that sporty start, they deliberately made fitness the cornerstone of their relationship.
“We both committed to ourselves and to each other that health was going to be at the top of our list of what we wanted to do,” Rick recalls. “It wasn’t going to be all about having the biggest house and the most money. It was about being healthy and enjoying life and being able to keep moving.”
Now, all these years later, those values are stronger than ever for the pair, both retired and in their 60s. They work out several times a week, go hiking and biking, and have always maintained an active, healthy lifestyle.
“We want to take good stewardship of our bodies, and movement is the key to that,” Mary explains.
Rick adds, “Motion is the lotion.”
A Health ‘Setback’ Overcome
Just a couple of years ago, Rick and Mary were on another ski trip when Rick suffered a stroke – which led doctors to discover a congenital heart issue.
He had to lay off his exercise during the recovery period, which was a “setback” and frustrating.
“It drove him nuts,” Mary says. “He’s got a natural wiring to move and be active. Some people we know go to play bingo and have happy hour, but we’re not going to sit around in a VFW and play bingo.”
He was in his 60s and “on the older side” for having the issue repaired. But since he was in good shape, doctors went ahead with the procedure, and he recovered fully.
This winter, they’ve traveled to Florida and are planning a trip to Europe soon, plus national track and field meets across the country where Rick competes in the high jump and the pentathlon.
Remaining Grateful
When they retired, Rick and Mary took advice from an older couple to “front load” their retirement and enjoy this next chapter of their fitness love story as much as possible.
“You have to be thankful for each day because you do not know what the future holds,” Mary says. “We have friends who are not active, and they can’t hike, can’t go up the steps in a lighthouse, can’t go to a state park.
“And we don’t want to be like that. So, we want to be able to see and do and live life fully, knowing that maybe we won’t always be able to.”
Rick says they have friends whose spouses are not active, which can bring both partners down.
“And we are not that way,” he says. “We are equally yoked on the deal, and both try very hard to do our best to be healthy for each other.”
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Coach Brad Linder
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Areas we serve besides online
Coppell Texas. Dallas Texas Addison, TX Bedford, TX Carrollton, TX Colleyville, TX
Corinth TX Double Oak, TX Euless, TX Farmers Branch, TX Flower Mound, TX Fort Worth, TX Frisco, TX Grapevine, TX Highland Park, TX Highland Village, TX Hurst, TX Irving, TX Keller, TX Lake Dallas TX Las Colinas, TX Lewisville, TX. Plano, TX Southlake,
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We have been blessed to help motivate, encourage and inspire others to live their best lives.
We’ve had the pleasure of helping people look and feel 10 years younger.
For more information about the Coppell Fitness program and getting started, go to https://CoppellFitness.com
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If you live or work in Coppell, Valley Ranch, Irving, Lewisville, Las Colinas, Carrollton, Flower Mound, Grapevine, Addison, Corinth, Highland Village, Dallas, and Farmers Branch, the Coppell Group Personal Training is just minutes away from you. Get You In Shapes programs include the Get You In Shape Group Personal Training, 24 Day Challenge, sports specific training, weight loss programs, Corporate wellness plans, nutrition plans, core fitness training, strength training, toning and more. Clients include athletes (golf, basketball, tennis, football, track, baseball, baseball, volleyball, and softball) corporate executives, professionals, weekend warriors, cheerleaders, dancers, models, stay at home moms, and anyone looking for results.
Owner Brad Linder, has been featured in numerous newspapers and even as the fitness expert on the news 8 (ABC). Get You In Shape was also featured on The Doctors TV show as one of the top Fitness Companies in Texas. He continues to use the gifts that he has been given to help serve the needs others have when it come to being healthy, losing weight, sports, toning up, and overall fitness.
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