Legacy: Health & Fitness is dedicated to helping you reach your fitness goals.
Legacy: Health & Fitness is a business owned and operated by Navy veteran Derek A. McCollister.
Background:
Derek McCollister was born in Lawton, Oklahoma. He served in the Navy as a Corpsman, comparable to a field medic, straight out of high school, where he was graduated a year early, and then immediately enlisted to serve his country at the age of 17. His background as a Navy Corpsman deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, serving on a warship, as well as accompanying Marine Battalions as part of an emergency Response Team, gives him an appreciation for fellow veterans of the Armed services.
Coach McCollister also served as an Emergency Room technician, then supervisor, as well as taking off duty hours to cross train in many other aspects in the medical field. After serving in the military, he worked again as an Emergency Room technician, and Medic on an Ambulance. There is no doubt his experience, and training give Coach McCollister an advanced understanding of kinesiology, anatomy, physiology, physical therapy, rehabilitation, injury management, and injury prevention, and recovery.
As well as being a certified personal trainer, and nutrionist, Coach McCollister holds a bachelor's degree in Personal Fitness Coaching. He is a 2nd Degree Black Belt in Chinese Kempo, often taking the time to teach women's self-defense courses. Spending many years in the healthcare industry, inside and outside of the military, as well as obtaining a BSc in Personal Fitness Coaching has allowed him to vastly expand his knowledge base.
His hope is to utilize these skills, and qualities to pass on to his clients, through training, the very best individual personal training experience possible. Every student is unique, with a wide array of goals, from weight loss, to injury rehabilitation. Derek McCollister will make sure that he creates a program that will cater to your uniquely specific needs, for the optimum outcome in the shortest time possible. coach McCollister is a teacher. He believes in explaining to his students the reason for everything they do, so that they can continually advance on their own, and return anytime they need.
From the owner:
"I believe fitness is a lifestyle. I aim to build confidence, and to incorporate the spirit, mind, and body into one. We build the physical and the mental up side by side.
This lifestyle of ours provides shelter from the storm. Stress, problems with relationships or family, lack of cash flow, career issues… life can beat you to your knees, and keep you there if you let it.
It is no doubt a blessing to have the structure and routine that training provides. When all else fails, there is the gym, a place of solace and refuge. Like a Tibetan Monk escaping to a remote mountain cave to meditate, and be at one with nature, we can go to the gym, find the squat rack, and punish our quads for the inequities of the world, then leave it all on the gym floor.
It’s a spiritual and physical cleansing all at once. Plus, we are able to make a positive investment in ourselves, our goals, and our future, even during our low times. Moments when others choose to walk a path of self-destruction, we choose to build, grow, and flourish. It is in that moment when you feel like giving up, that you will make the most critical decision of your life."
- Derek A McCollister
Legacy: Health & Fitness extends various discounts to active duty military, as well as veterans. We appreciate the sacrifices made by all those in the service industries, as such, we offer discounts to all emergency personnel as well - Police, Fire, EMS, and even our teachers.
We are available for consultation, scheduling, and private sessions. Let us set up a perfectly tailored plan specifically geared towards your fitness needs and schedule.
Tell us your goals. Is your aim to build confidence? Lose weight? Rebuild strength & mobility after surgery? To simply improve an already healthy lifestyle? Do you just want to look great in a bikini?
Allow us to be your tool to help create the best you.
