Grateful to his household and mates for his or her help, and his sturdy academic basis, Keiser College alumnus James Huggins is happy that his Health Xpress Cellular Gymnasium imaginative and prescient has come to life.
Sparked in the course of the Covid19 pandemic whereas working towards his Sports activities Drugs and Health Know-how (SMFT) diploma and going via a job transition, Huggins shared that the thought gave the impression to be opportune and that his daughter’s Symia and Symone had been a number one motivational issue within the endeavor. “I made a decision it was the precise time to start out engaged on the enterprise and was lucky to have a superb group by my facet who helped carry the thought to fruition,” he stated of opening the fitness center in 2019 together with pal and co-owner Shayla Brabham.
“I’ve all the time been into health and needed to personal a fitness center however didn’t need it to be a standard storefront facility. As an alternative, I needed to carry comfort to the neighborhood by making a coaching heart on wheels with custom-made classes to suit every particular person’s wants,” stated Huggins, who ended up successful second place for his presentation of the proposal at Keiser College’s campus-wide 2021 Seahawk Tank Pitch Contest. “I used to be overjoyed by the truth that others thought the thought was incredible and would profit the neighborhood,” stated Huggins a former Seahawk soccer participant.
Along with sharing his appreciation of long-time pal Shayla Brabham, Huggins additionally thanks her father Angus Brabham who’d first owned the truck. “Shayla was there from the beginning and helped with the whole lot, and her dad was a father determine to me rising up,” he stated, whereas additionally sharing appreciation to professors John Crimmins for his steerage and George Stamas for his management of Keiser’s pitch contest.
Keiser College Senior Educational Advisor Heather Bishara admires the perseverance and self-discipline that assist Huggins proceed to push ahead as a US Military Veteran and the primary in his household to graduate faculty. “James has the guts of a pacesetter, as he’s respectful and charismatic,” she stated. “On commencement day, I received to take a tour of his new coaching bus. He has completed a beautiful job creating the enterprise and is ready to prepare folks wherever they’re. As an educational advisor we don’t all the time get to see what’s subsequent for our college students however watching James at commencement and figuring out that he has used his schooling, innovation, and fervour for entrepreneurship to start out his enterprise whereas nonetheless as a pupil is wonderful,” she stated.
When requested about his imaginative and prescient for his enterprise and what he’d advocate to others who’re nurturing their concepts, Huggins stated “Within the subsequent three years we plan on increasing by including extra vehicles that may additional serve Palm Seaside County. My recommendation is that individuals begin journaling their concepts and create a imaginative and prescient board, set aim dates, after which get began. The thought is to cease procrastinating, put in numerous hours, make investments cash, and lastly do not forget that if we aren’t prepared to put money into ourselves, who will?”
Keiser College’s Bachelor of Science diploma in Train and Sports activities Science focuses on superior well being and health evaluation, prescription, and way of life modification. This system offers data on well being threat components, train management, biomechanics of motion, physiological variations to train, damage prevention, corrective train, enterprise administration, and ethics in sport.
Keiser College is a personal, unbiased, non-profit college serving almost 20,000 college students at 21 Florida campuses, on-line, and two worldwide websites. Co-founded in 1977 by Chancellor Arthur Keiser, Ph.D., and Evelyn Keiser, Keiser College at the moment affords greater than 100 levels from associates to the doctoral stage. Keiser College is a designated Hispanic-Serving Establishment, a member of the Hispanic Affiliation of Faculties and Universities, and was ranked No. 5 within the U.S. in Social Mobility by U.S. Information And World Report in 2022.