HYBRID ATHLETE

Tyler Holt is not just my trainer. I consider him a great friend and a life coach. I came to him a biscuit short of 300#'s needing help to get into triathlon shape to honor my dying mother. I embarrassingly confessed to Tyler that I did not know how I let myself go. Without judgment, Tyler said "life happens, let's get to it". That was 7 years ago and he remains by my side. Last year when I got off track he signed up for his first triathlon, thereby signing me up as well. Even though he had never done one and couldn't swim in open water he took on the challenge to get me back on track. That's who he is.

I moved to Colorado in the spring of 2022. I got connected into Tyler and 212 through a coworker. Somehow in the chaos of the move, I injured my left knee; it was the size of a grapefruit. I was looking at a 4th left knee surgery and a possible knee replacement at 42. I was frustrated, upset, and had no idea what to do. Tyler’s words to me “Give me 2 months. Don’t do anything yet.” To say I was hesitant to trust him was an understatement. I have Ehler’s Danlos Syndrome, a collagen disorder that makes ligaments snap like twigs with the smallest of errors in movement. I had 7 orthopedic surgeries. I’ve had 6 herniated discs. What if he made me worse? How did this guy have any clue how to help me? But, what did I have to lose? It hurt to work, to play with my kid, basically to do anything. That was 18 months ago. We worked from simple movements, to stability, to strength. My knees, my legs, my entire body. We spent a year making me strong, flexible, mobile. He spent a year motivating me to keep going. Just after that year mark, I completed the Boulder Triathalon. I haven’t had an injury since I started working with Tyler. I don’t have chronic pain anymore. I can play anything my kid wants without issue. I owe a lot to Tyler. He saved me a lot of pain. He gave me an opportunity to feel strong, healthy, and to trust my body to

Making a huge body transformation like I did and then completing my first triathlon wouldn't have been possible without Tyler to help me reach new heights!