I was working out at my local gym, and started talking to a guy named Peter. Peter is a United States Marine since 2005; he helped train in a Cross Fit program that he said helped him throughout his military career. Peter could tell by the way I moved that I was a stroke survivor, and he told me that in 2010 he became the wounded warrior athletic director in wounded warrior battalion west in detachment 29 palms in California. Here he honed his skills as both a cross fit trainer and an paralympic coach working with the recovering service members. He was discharged in October 2012, and is now working at the gym and going to a nearby college. Peter asked me questions about my condition and I could tell this guy knows what he is talking about and could help me. He told me he could give me 12 one on one sections that are about an hour each for $60.00 at the gym. I accepted the offer and have now completed three extremely physical and demanding workouts that are different from any rehab I have taken in 4+ years post stroke. Each workout starts with peter explaining in detail on a board and physical what to do and how these exercises relate to body parts and the proper way of doing them. He then will see what you can do and cannot and work on improving your problem areas. His system was four workouts that will use all major body parts; after you completed four workouts he will know your problem areas and explain how to improve them. I have taken so many rehab classes that are the same for everyone, these classes are made for me, and we all know all strokes are different so why should rehab be the same for everyone.

I will write again when these classes are done.

Ken