Marlon Wilson
Marlon is the oldest of three siblings. His father may have physically left him at age 13, but it was clear that he was never really there to begin with. Unfortunately the time he spent with his father was filled with neglect and dislike. At the time he did not understand, but now he knows that his father was a wounded man just like him. His father did the best that he could based on what he was taught. He did not have any genuine men in his life that he could learn from. Marlon wants to be one of those men...
As a result of his father leaving him at such a young age, Marlon was forced to grow up very fast. Thankfully, he did have a few male figures along the way that helped him become the man he is today: his mom's boyfriend, grade seven school teacher, martial arts instructor and one of his college professors, just to name a few.
Marlon's never felt more alive since dedicating himself to personal training for the last three years. During that time he has worked with people as young as 10 up to the age of 60. He has trained rehabilitative people, athletes and those who are looking for weight loss. Working with his varied clients has inspired him to do more than just help people with the physical aspects of personal training. Marlon wants to build a relationship with other men who are striving to be brave, integral, honest, communicative and financially responsible. Marlon wants to effect within his clients the same desire to contribute to a greater cause.
Marlon has spent six years practicing a variety of martial arts which include Shaolin Wushu, Tai Chi, and Kickboxing. He has his black sash in Shaolin Wushu. He has taught Shaolin to people from the ages of 4 to 65. He also enjoys resistance training, yoga, rock climbing, watching movies, listening to music and reading books on self development, martial arts, cooking, hockey, baseball and basketball.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly...who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who have never known neither victory nor defeat. - Teddy Roosevelt