NFPT Trainer and Expedition Hiker: follow his journey on the Appalachian Trail

Jim Holt e1449708339249 1Coming in January 2016, NFPT will, for the first time, feature one of our own Certified Personal Trainers whose sport is Expedition Hiking. We will follow his personal life journey that led him to fitness and ultimately to hiking. We will share his training regime for his next big adventure and then follow him on that adventure.

The story behind his life’s fitness journey you will find interesting, inspiring and encouraging. Join us in the coming weeks and months as we feature, James “Jim” Holt, MA, CPT, trail name, No Man Walking.

Jim lives in the Northern Colorado Rockies near Red Feather Lakes and will attempt a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail beginning in Mid February 2016. NFPT will tell his story from beginning to end in a Trainer Profile series. We will share the who, what, when, where, why and how, including what type of training methods he uses to prepare for hikes.

Stay tuned for the first in this series, the who. Get to know Jim Holt as we have, a real motivator, professional and friend with an incredible will and spirit. Follow his journey with us. May it bring inspiration to you on your life’s journey!

 

Catch up with Jim’s Journey with these posts:

No Man Walking. My Sedentary Past to My Appalachian Future. (post #2)

Preparing for the Appalachain Trail: Event vs Training (post #3)

About

Angie Pattengale is co-owner and chief executive officer of the National Federation of Professional Trainers, where she works behind the scenes on relationship-building, advertising, policies and procedures, test development and delivery, and growing the business. She joined her father, NFPT founder Ron Clark, at the company in 1994.