Mitchell Bryant

My fitness journey began as a child running the streets of Las Vegas (Sin City). My father abandoned us, my mom was a single Vietnamese, uneducated woman, raising two boys in one of the most corrupt cities in the world. I was left to my own devices at very young age, which was a huge risk with so many temptations and distractions in such a town. Long story short, I loved playing sports and once I realized I was smaller than most guys, I knew that in order to level the playing field, I had to train to run faster, cut harder, jump higher, throw harder/faster, shoot better.  Besides all of that motivation, I saw Mark Wahlberg in a Calvin Klein ad, and then his Feel the Vibrations music video on MTV and said to myself, I need to hit the weights. Here I am 30 years or so later, still on that fitness journey and loving it. Over the last year, I have been taking Latin dance lessons 3-5 times a week, so I decided to get Zumba certified to hopefully take advantage of the travel opportunities for my daughters and I.