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| Home | Nutrition | Fitness | About Me | In The Beginning… As the result of the incessant and non-stop nagging of a close
personal friend of mine (thanks, Jill), I found myself standing at the
starting line of the 1999 Chris Thater Memorial 5K run in Binghamton, NY. Despite being only 2 months shy of my 40th
birthday, this was the first running race that I had ever participated
in. I finished that run that day,
crossing the finish line unaware of the fact that I had just completed an
event that would come to alter the course of my life. Rekindling a competitive flame that had not
burned within me for quite some time, I became “hooked”, as they say, and am
now the veteran of over 50 races ranging in distance from 5Ks to
marathons. As my training progressed,
I became intrigued with the connection between nutrition and performance,
turning myself into a personal testing laboratory and using my training and
races to learn as much as I could.
Eventually I took it to the next level by aligning myself with the
International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) and obtaining dual
certifications as both a Certified Fitness Trainer (CFT) and a Specialist in
Performance Nutrition (SPN). In 1999, at the age of 40, I was a guy who jogged 4 miles
a week. Eight years later my running resume
included: ·
Finisher of over 50 competitive races ·
Six-time Forks 15K finisher ·
Five-time Vestal XX finisher ·
Six-time Red Baron Half-Marathon finisher ·
Six-time Steamtown Marathon finisher That First Small
Step… In my first life I spent over 24 years in the cube farms
of corporate America. If someone had
told me on my 40th birthday that I would finish 6 marathons in the
next 8 years, I would have laughed in their face. But I did, and as I think back on my transformation from
captain couch potato to marathon finisher, I realize that it really wasn’t as
difficult as I would have thought. As much as I would have liked to, I did
not simply wake up one morning with a superhuman ability to transform myself
into a new person. Instead, I simply
committed to one small, simple, intelligent, sustainable change. And then another, and then another. These small improvements, strung together
over time, allowed me to not only improve my athletic performance, but the
quality of my life overall. What I learned, as I progressed through this
transformation, is that the longest of journeys consists of nothing more than
a series of small steps. Whatever
your goal – to lose weight, live healthier, improve athletic performance, this
approach will work for you also, and my education, experience, and knowledge
will help you benefit from my successes while avoiding my mistakes. But no
journey will ever be completed; no goal will ever be achieved unless… You’re willing to take that first small
step. Larry Bosket ISSA
Certified Fitness Trainer (CFT) ISSA
Certified Specialist in Performance Nutrition (SPN) Specializing in
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