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Not Goodbye, See You Later

Life Health

The saying goes, “All good things must come to an end,” and my time at Union Fitness has come to an end.  I will forever be grateful for my time here.  The thing I am going to miss most is the people.  It is very rare to find a place to work where your coworkers can feel more like family than friends.  I started here June of 2020, but it feels like I’ve been here for years.  I believe it feels that way because of the relationships I built not only with staff but our members as well.  Whenever people would ask me where I worked I would tell them Union Fitness, and say it’s the best gym in Pittsburgh, and not just because I worked there.  Union Fitness isn’t the best gym in Pittsburgh because it has the best facilities or equipment or new vending machines.  Union Fitness is the best gym in Pittsburgh because we have the best people, staff and members alike.

 

I want to thank everyone who I had the chance to work with.  Pittsburgh and Union Fitness will always be a special place for me.  You can guarantee I will be stopping by to visit in the future.  My last class will be Friday, November 11th, at 5pm.  I am going to assist Miranda with #powerful class and then anyone who would like to meet at Federal Galley I’d love to see you there sometime after 6pm.
-Dave

Update: A Farewell

State of the Union

I have had a wonderful time here at Union Fitness thus far. I came in here expecting to learn so much from my peers and I have. However, my time here is coming to an end sooner than I would like. I have been offered a Graduate Assistant position at the University of Pittsburgh to further my education and gain experience in the world of clinical exercise physiology. I am extremely excited to get started with this journey of mine, but saddened to leave my position here. 

 

However, you cannot get rid of me that easy. I will still be training at Union when I can and coming in to visit. I have made wonderful connections with both staff and members and I hope to continue to build those connections with all of you. I think this is going to be a huge step in my professional development and I will have the opportunity to learn from some extremely knowledgeable professors and researchers. This was a very quick decision I had to make, but it is getting me one step closer to my long term goals and I am very lucky to have the people in my corner that I do. 

 

With this plan of action, I am hoping to have a path somewhere with special and clinical populations. These would include obesity, cancer rehabilitation, cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation as well. Right now it is unknown where I will end up. But, that is okay. I do not need to know where my endgame will be or even my next few steps. Obviously I have a plan, but you never know how those stinkin little plans will work out. I promise to keep you all updated about my journey; that is if you are even interested. I have had the best experience here and I cannot wait to see what the future holds for me. You all are wonderful and beautiful people. I will be around so come say hi when you see me! Best of luck to all of you! 

 

Happy Training, 

 

Mags