It’s A “New” Day in the Neal Household…

Two things. First we met with a weightlifting coach tonight that came highly recommended to us. Tim will start with him and the team on Monday. Here’s information about Tim's coach and where he will be training. 

Meet Jarrod Nobbe:

Jarrod is the Head Weightlifting Coach for the Athletic Lab Weightlifting Team.  Jarrod has an MA in Sports Performance and a BS in Exercise Science from Ball State University.  He is a USAW Level 2 Coach and has been recognized as a National Coach through USA Weightlifting.  Additionally, Jarrod holds a CSCS (Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist) through NSCA (National Strength & Conditioning Association), a Level 3 Certified High Performance Coach by the Athletic Lab Coaching Academy, and a CWPC (Certified Weightlifting Performance Coach) and CSNC (Certified Sports Nutrition Coach) through NSPA (National Sports Performance Association).

Prior to joining the Athletic Lab staff, Jarrod coached for 2 years as a Strength & Conditioning Graduate Assistant for Ball State University where he led the strength and conditioning programs for Men's Volleyball, Men's Tennis, Men's Golf & Softball.  More recently, Jarrod served as the Assistant Weightlifting Coach for Force Weightlifting out of Bloomington, IN where he coached Youth, Junior, University, Senior and Master National level athletes.  Notably, Jarrod has coached or assistant coached National Medalists on the Youth, Masters and University (world team member) level.

The Athletic Lab Weightlifting Team is one of the top clubs in the country.  Led by USA Weightlifting National Coach Jarrod Nobbe.  The team offers opportunities for developmental and elite weightlifters.  Our facility is specifically built for weightlifters with 10 dedicated platforms, jerk and pulling blocks and weightlifting specific bumpers and bars.  

Also, tonight we stopped in and had another meeting with Grand Master Lee and Tim is very excited to be returning to Black Belt World (BBW). GMaster Lee specifically expressed to Tim that he wants to get him into the leadership program ASAP.  That made Tim feel so good after all he’s went through since USAT Nationals this year. Shifting gears as we have is going to be a great thing for Tim and we are looking forward to what God has in store for him. This has been a much needed shift. We are feeling like we can breathe again because the pressure of competition TaeKwonDo has been lifted.  Where a door closes God always opens a window😊. I think 🤔 that’s how that saying goes…LOL! At any rate we are in a good place right now and looking forward to what lies ahead.