Today we’d like to introduce you to Dennis Paquette.
Hi Dennis , please kick things off for us with an introduction to yourself and your story.
I’ve been an athlete and martial artist for most of my life. That foundation shaped everything. The discipline, the mindset, the understanding of movement, and the drive to always push myself and others to be better. I started my professional journey working in Fitness therapy with traumatic brain injury survivors. That experience was powerful, and it taught me the importance of patience, adaptability and truly meeting people where they are. From there, I expanded into strength and conditioning, teaching mixed martial arts, sports specific training, performance recovery, and functional fitness. Over the years I worked with a wide range of clients, including those with special needs, traumatic brain injury survivors, senior citizens, all the way to collegiate and professional athletes. During that time I’ve developed extensive knowledge and education in kinesiology as it pertains to the mechanics of movement, injury prevention, and performance optimization. My focus has always been on delivering personalized results-driven training, that blends real world experience, with a deep understanding of how the body works. I built my business around that. Helping people move better, feel better and live better through smart, tailored, and science based coaching.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
In 2009 my son was born and everything changed after that. Not only was he the purpose my life so desperately needed for so long, but now I had a reason to build something great, so I could pass it on to him. As one can never predict, life had other plans for the Paquette family. The drug epidemic found its way into our household, and A few years after Harlan’s birth, his mother and I split for a plethora of reasons. When the smoke cleared, I retained custody of our son. To say I was I’ll prepared for such a task would be a gross understatement. However, With the help of my sisters, my mother and father, and a strong family support system, I was able to raise Harlan in a stable, loving environment. Eventually he and I went out on our own and have been together for most of his life. I have the rare, but incredible honor of being a single father to one of the best human beings on the planet.
Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about Freelance Fitness LLC ?
Necessity truly is the mother of invention…
It all started in 2020 during the lockdowns of COVID19 out of pure necessity. My only goal was to help my community by keeping people moving to boost their immune systems and fight this horrible virus. Before COVID, I had a viable, booming business of 7 years at powerhouse gym, as one of the head strength and conditioning coaches. I had 26 active clients, making incredible money and doing what I truly love to do. Then one day out of nowhere, everybody’s lives changed forever. The world as we knew it, shut down. Gyms being one of the first businesses to close, and ended up staying shut down the longest out of any other business. I was jobless, everything was shut down, and I didn’t know how I was going to pay my bills. After about 2 weeks of everything being locked down, the uncertainty was overwhelming. I decided to take all the gym equipment I had in our barn and set it up every morning, outside in our driveway like a crossfit gym. I started inviting my neighbors and clients to the house to workout outside in our driveway. Before I knew it, I was doing 40 sessions a week and our community was buzzing and thriving like never before! Lo and behold, that’s how Freelance Fitness LLC was born. Now after 5 years, we have moved into our own building in our community where we
pride ourselves in never taking the cookie cutter approach to training our clients. Everything we do is written specifically for the client the night before. It is tailored and detailed to their specific goals, capabilities, and aspirations. It doesn’t matter if you’re a traumatic brain injury survivor, professional athlete, mixed martial artist, or just somebody aspiring to learn Fitness to get your body moving again, at Freelance Fitness LLC we got you covered. Come see the professionals, you won’t regret it.
Just remember:
WITH CONSISTENCY, PROGRESS IS INEVITABLE!!
How do you think about happiness?
Acts of service make me happy. In my life I’ve learned the more I help people, the happier and healthier I am. I
pride myself on trying to do as much for my family and my community as I possibly can. The more I give out, the more I get back. Seems like a fair trade to me.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Freelancefitnessllc.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freelancefitnessllc?igsh=MW0xMjFlNjUyZXNsaw==
