“Living strong, to me, means to also live strong in the weight room, strong in life, having strong values in family, education, job, profession, health, and mind…”
I sat down with Kela Marciel, Head Performance Coach at Pacific Elite Sports, to learn more about how he goes about living a strong life, a Kū life. As coaches, we both understand the importance of building strong relationships and he shares his thoughts on how important it is in order to achieve results and be successful.
Kela plays a key role in the growth of The Kū Project and is the reason we are able to train Team Kū out of such a nice facility at Pacific Elite Sports.
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Questions Asked:
- What is your strength quote you live by?
- How do you apply living strong to your life?
- How important is it to build a relationship with your clients/athletes?
- How do you explain to people to enjoy the process and be patient?
- Tell us a when you reached your stride towards being Ku?
- How do you help people stick to goals?
- What’s the Purpose?
- Is it realistic?
- Are you going to put your effort in as a Team?
- Tell us about your athletic background
- How do you keep a good head on your shoulder after a life changing injury?
- What is your training philosophy?
- What is your main focus when working with younger athletes?
- What is the difference between training older clients and young clients?
- Tell us of a time while working at Pacific Elite when you became Kū?
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In This Episode, You Learn:
- The difference between a coach and a strength enthusiast
- Building trust and making others feel comfortable to work together
- How a cancer survivor inspired Kela
- How looking for the shortcut to health and fitness isn’t the best way
- Lifestyle habit changes take time to make. You have to be realistic.
- Building trust between a coach and athlete is essential for success
- His experience of an injury that ended his athletic career and dreams
- How improving your running mechanics can improve your performance
- Core and back strength are the essence for performance
“If you are going to lead, lead. If you are going to follow, follow the right leader”
Links from this Episode:
- Pacific Elite Sports Hawaii
- RELATED PODCAST: Donny Mateaki :Overcoming Adversity and Finding a Career in Your Passion
- Chaminade University
- Contact Kela Marciel, email
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