Aaron Hines is a husband, father, author, and entrepreneur.  Aaron lives west of Nashville TN in the small town of Bellevue with his wife Amanda and two sons, Lincoln and Stetson. He played all 4 years of High School football and spent two years in College playing an offensive and defensive line at Lambuth University. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin with an undergraduate degree in Health and Human Performance and also has an M.S. in Exercise Physiology from Florida State University. Aaron owns and operates a fitness facility in Franklin TN, where he helps change the lives of those individuals 45+ who want to lose weight, move pain-free, and do things they didn’t think were possible. He also spends a lot of time and energy helping young athletes reach their full potential by teaching them the fundamentals of being a great person and athlete on and off the field. He has worked with professional athletes and retired professional athletes over the years. His vast experience interning at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Volunteering at the Vanderbilt Dayani Center, and working in the corporate setting has molded him into the person he is today. He was voted one of the Top Personal Trainers in all of Nashville in 2020 and was featured in the Franklin Lifestyle Magazine in 2019. He can be reached at Premierperformancetrainer.com, 615-819-5186, or ahines@premierperformancetrainer.com Listen & Subscribe on: iTunes / Stitcher / Podbean / Overcast / Spotify Contact Info Website: www.premierperformancetrainer.com Book: The Athletic Advantage: 10 Lessons To Becoming A Premier Athlete Aaron Hines, Jamie Gifford, et al. Most Influential Person His Dad. Effect on Emotions I guess ways to kind of re-evaluate mindfulness or just try meditation or whatever I tend to choose on a daily basis. I think if I didn't have those things, I would be probably all over the place; I get pretty hot-headed. I don't lose my cool very frequently, but if it builds up over time, it's like a pot boiling over. It's good to be more mindful and grateful for the things that I have. Thoughts on Breathing I wish I did it more. That's my thought. I gotta control my breathing, I get anxious about a lot of things. And so I found that closing my eyes and counting 15 to 20 is super helpful. It kind of releases those things that get me bent out of shape. But doing a little bit more (breathing) is probably more beneficial for me. I kind of come in contact with other people's issues on a daily basis, I'm dealing with whether it's coming from a political background or religious background. You see different people and different ethnicities every day, coming to the gym. Suggested Resources Book: The Athletic Advantage: 10 Lessons To Becoming A Premier Athlete Aaron Hines, Jamie Gifford, et al. App: Calm Bullying Story I will say that I am semi-bullied. We lived on an Indian reservation for five years. And we were kind of the minority there. So it's very, very few Caucasian people. With that, I guess if I were smarter, a little bit brighter, I was young I was in middle school so it was more of a kind of ticked-off moment. If I would have been able to take that in and write things down that were agitating, or maybe annoying about the situation. I was kind of an overweight, middle school kid and this guy was twice my size. So I think if I would have been in the moment and known about it more, I think yes, it would have been helpful. It probably would have dissolved, but it would have been kind of suppressed a little bit more so wouldn't happen as frequently. And I'm saying it was like bad bullying. It was just more or less, “Hey, you're the outcast. You're not from this area, we're gonna punch you, we're gonna do this sort of thing.”. But I think from those moments I got into more working out. Like that's not going to happen again. I got to be big enough and strong enough to where I can get my mind right. So I don't have to encounter these situatio