WE ARE ALL IN
We have news. Big, exciting, scary news. We are all in.
We’ve been coaching people for the last 8 years, but there’s always been “something else”. Blakley worked for Rice University (yes she’s the brains of this operation) in many capacities for almost 18 years. I’ve worn many hats in the residential construction field and most recently been a superintendent for a small custom home builder for the last 6 years. Blakley opened her own brick and mortar gym in 2015 and logged thousands of hours coaching inside those walls.
It’s been an evolution. We started Digital Barbell a little over a year ago with the intent of reaching out to people outside of our immediate circle. We saw the difference that we were able to make in people’s lives, health and confidence and wanted to reach even more people. Our focus has always been to provide value to as many people as possible through honest, evidence based content. After a short time we realized that people also wanted personal guidance from us so we opened up online coaching services to a small group of people. We’ve been blessed with great clients and have continued to grow over time.
We really do strive for excellence in all that we do, and excellence takes time. A lot of time. I’m not going to turn this into a “woe is us” story, but juggling 4 jobs, our families, relationships and our own health meant burning the candle at both ends for a long time.
Over the last 6 months or so we’ve felt led that we can impact the most lives through our efforts in Digital Barbell, but we quite literally have had no extra time to dedicate to it.
Well today is the day. Blakley let go of her job at Rice University a few months ago. Amongst many tears and reminiscing ,she closed the doors of her gym last month and today is my last day at my 8-5 job in construction.
Starting tomorrow, Digital Barbell is our 100% focus. No safety net. No paycheck every Friday. No paid vacation. We either provide you guys with enough value that you trust us with your health and fitness or we don’t make it. Are we scared? Absolutely! Are we excited? You have no idea!
What does this mean to you? More and better of everything! We are so fired up to produce even more (and better) content for you all. We have so many ideas. More videos, more demos, more hands on nutrition info, a podcast, maybe a book?… We can handle more clients now! We also can’t wait to give our existing and new clients even more personal attention to help them reach their goals.
So that’s what’s going on. Thank you all for following us. We take pride that we have a dedicated group of people that trust and support us. YOU guys are very important to us.
Thank you all again. We love you all and are excited for this next chapter.
Jonathan & Blakley