Check Out Renae Parks’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Renae Parks.

Hi Renae, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstories.
After quitting my full-time job, I needed a temporary one, so I asked the owner of our local gym if I could be a trainer. He hired me on the spot. After being a kickboxing instructor for about a year, I decided I could make personal training a career path, so I got certified and began seeking clients. Since high school, I wanted a job changing people’s lives and was attracted to the medical field, but none of the jobs seemed to fit. Whenever I tried a new specialty, the door closed. Personal training is a trap door, and I don’t want to escape any time soon. I like the one-on-one environment, the teaching aspect, and being someone’s accountability partner-something you can’t do as a nurse or chiropractor.

Can you talk to us about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The biggest bump in the road was deciding to leave the kickboxing gym. It was hard to say goodbye to the place that helped me get my start and for me to accept that I needed another challenge to grow. I might still be there if I hadn’t gotten my next opportunity.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I specialize in three things: making people feel comfortable, teaching individuals, and increasing a person’s mental…