Every one has a goal. Our mission at The Mind Is Primary is to help our clients achieve their fullest potential. We focus on the mental and physical skills necessary to set you up for success.
Where the mind goes,
the body soon follows.
CUT THROUGH THE NOISE
In today’s world of social media ‘influencers’ and the need for instant gratification, it’s easy to be overwhlemed with all the newest diets, pills, magic teas, immediate fixes that the fitness world promises.
Our mission is to help you cut through all the noise and find a complete and sustainable program that works for you!
Our wholistic approach of mindset, fitness and nutrition ensures that you bring your whole self to the goal. With better physical preparedness, higher levels of confidence in your abilities and a template for setting future goals, you will experience your optimal level of performance, both in and out of the gym!
OUR WHOLISTIC APPROACH
MINDSET
Your mindset will either set you up for success or failure before you’ve even started. An effective and successful mindset includes making a plan which involves building a proper goal setting strategy, transforming motivation into discipline, creating sustainable habits, having reasonable and healthy expectations, knowing how to intelligently handle the inevitable setbacks and having fun in the process. By having a mental plan in place based on scientifically proven psychological principles we can increase the likelihood you will stick with your program, achieve your goal and set yourself up for more future success.
NUTRITION
Want to lose weight, add some muscle, change body composition, or train to run a marathon? Proper nutrition is foundational whatever your fitness goal. Managing our weight and body composition requires knowing what our bodies need and what we put into them. You cannot manage what you don’t measure. So, we focus on educating our clients on the basics of nutrition, how to figure out what their macronutrient requirements are and how they can build a sustainable nutrition program for themselves. All of our nutrition information is based on scientifically proven concepts.
FITNESS
Work smarter, not harder. Life is not a Rocky movie montage. Immediately jumping into a high workout volume is a recipe for injury and burnout. We will help you intelligently design a workout regimen that you can stick with, or help you find a program to join. While many aspects of popular fitness programs look fun and interesting, we focus on what will get you to your goal. A well designed program includes appropriate levels of metabolic conditioning, strength training, and adequate rest. And let’s face it, the most effective program is one that you will stick with long term, so obviously there should be some fun as well!
Simplify and
add intensity…
…JUST DON’T mistake simple for easy.
HOW WE HELP
We offer a wide range of educational and coaching options. In person and virtual seminars on mental performance skills for athletes of all levels, individual or group sessions on nutrition education, 1-on-1 performance coaching, and more. Reach out for specific options, availability and pricing.
Dave Shabaz
Performance Expert
Dave is a fitness coach and Performance Expert with over 20 years in the fitness industry. He has worked as both a personal trainer and group fitness instructor, with D1 Collegiate athletes, U.S. Army Soldiers and trainees including Army Ranger Candidates at Fort Benning. Dave has a passion for helping people achieve their goals, both in and out of the gym and knows that anyone can accomplish any goal they set their mind to. Dave believes very strongly in the ‘teach a man to fish’ philosophy and loves to see people exceed their own expectations.
He is a proud veteran of the US Marine Corps and lives in Ft Myers, FL.
- M.S. Human Performance, University of Florida
- B.S. Behavioral Neuroscience, Grand Valley State University
- Master Resilience Trainer-Level 2 & Performance Expert, U.S. Army Resilience Directorate
- USA Weightlifting Level-1 Coach
- CrossFit Level-2 Trainer
