Let's Get in shape together
LET'S GET MOVING!
You get ONE body, so take care of it!
If there's one thing I've learned as an adult, it's the importance of taking care of our body. The year was 2010 and I was running up the stairs in my house and my chest was bouncing, I had MAN BOOBS! I thought what the hell Matt, how'd this happen.
The next day I had appointments at multiple gyms to try out different workouts and I landed with CrossFit by later that month. I was a college athlete just 11 years earlier with a 6 pack, how did I get this out of shape! It took me 3 years to fix what the prior 10 years of neglect had caused, and for the most part I've kept in solid shape since then.
Looking back it obvious what had happened, I had stopped MOVING, ate like crap most days and lost the drive to keep up with my health and fitness. It's crazy how it creeps up on you and seems like it's irreversible. I was tired every day, couldn't run, couldn't jump without pain and basic household chores were tough.
BUT NOT ANY MORE! Now at 47 I can jump without pain, I run with ease and every day life is a cake walk! But it wasn't easy and it's not going to get any easier with each year that I get older.
I have 2 gym memberships, a gym at home and a gym in the America's Best Restaurants HQ. But you know what, all it takes is for you to use your body every day, you don't need a gym.
BUT I'm personally always looking for an edge and when the opportunity came up to bring my son, Cole, onboard as our head of fitness and nutrition, I JUMPED ON IT!
On January 1st 2024 ABR will have Cole onboard and on a daily basis he'll be publishing workouts on this site, in our private employee/client portal and available to help in person at our HQ most days. The goal is for Cole to get some real world training with the ABR team and restaurant community while he builds his fitness career. Originally this was going to be a service just for our employees, but then I heard from some restaurant owners that they'd LOVE to have the daily workouts and advise, so this website and blog were born!
Cole Plapp
Meet Cole, my son!
Cole is the Head Of Fitness at America's Best Restaurants. Every day he'll be posting workouts at 3 levels and helping YOU get in the best shape of your life.
Cole is available for free consultations for any ABR Employee and Restaurant Owner looking to level up their fitness and LIVE LONGER!
He Started EARLY!
In May 2013 we opened CrossFit The Tracks. I was suckered into ownership with 2 friends and Cole ALWAYS wanted to join me at the gym. Early on he'd tag along and watch me do classes and then beg for his own workouts afterwards. Soon we started a kids program so Cole could participate more.
Needless to say he's been a gym rat since then.
Check out Cole's HOPS BACK THEN..CLICK HERE