Jeff Tinson
Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Lifestyle Coach

I have always been fascinated by what motivates people to do what they do and I have a passion for helping them make significant changes.

My start in fitness began as the scrawniest kid in school trying desperately to build some muscles to get bigger. I was unsuccessful for about seven years until I began seriously studying what it would take to design the ideal physique I wanted. All the while, I had been equally fascinated by the mind, self development and the science of peak performance. I read hundreds of books and listened to tapes and seminars, while I should have been working or studying finance and other course materials.

After earning an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from McMaster University, I decided to put my knowledge of the body and the mind to the test. Seeking adventure and worldly experience, I decided to focus on becoming a high fashion model. Having no experience, I was able to shed 45 pounds, land an agent in Toronto, and then in Milan and Athens.  This had me overseas and on the runway within 3 months of my decision. It was surreal.  Living abroad and experiencing different cultures was exhilarating, as was learning to harness my faith, focus and confidence which kept me very successful while balancing working and travelling. This time abroad allowed me to crystallize my mental strength, decide that I would someday live a life of contribution on my own terms and that I would use my enhanced awareness to benefit others greatly.

Upon returning home, I succumbed to external pressures to give up modelling and reaccept a banking job that I had worked at during my University years. This was a low point of my existence. It would take me a few months to realize that I could use the very same processes that landed me on the runway to achieve success in the corporate world. I began to strategize and build a successful team through positive focus and giving. Business picked up and in less than two years I was the number 1 ranked advisor in Ontario with the top ranked sales team.

I saw how my daily focus and positive actions had made the difference, not only in me, but in my clients and coworkers.

I knew that if I really wanted to make a contribution and difference in people’s lives, I would have to start something of my own. In late 2006, I left my fast tracking banking career and started RockSolid Results (RSR) Inc., a lifestyle and fitness coaching company dedicated to those in pursuit of physical and mental excellence. The service would essentially teach committed individuals the integrated success practices of optimal conditioning, nutrition and mental focus.

I wanted the service and the RSR website to be a beacon to those who were fed up looking for a solution. RSR would demystify the process of optimal fitness through education, end confusion and liberate those who were ready to change. My philosophies are different and take into account the emotional and mental processes of fitness. The key process occurs first in the brain.

Having nothing formally to back up my grassroots success in helping people change, even though I have extensive knowledge of exercise science, physiology, nutrition and program design, I enrolled to attempt the Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam. The CSCS credential is the highest distinction in the realm of conditioning and the only internationally recognized certification. I passed the daunting six hour exam which solidified my validity as a top academic and applied practitioner.

With over 150 successful client relationships with RSR, I met with Dr. Bryan to discuss the possibility of integrating the RSR paradigm of holistic fitness at Active Body Clinic. Dr. DiFrancesco struck me as an organized man with a unique passion and vision. I could hear the underlying excitement in his words and I immediately saw the opportunity to assist his patients get to the root cause of their aches and pains through learning and implementing healthy habits into their lives. Every day, from our initial meeting to the present, has been a step forward as we continue to improve our program.  This comes from the commitment of all involved to keep evolving and by putting the best offer imaginable forward to our valued clients.  There is energy in this place that is exceptional. I believe it comes from all the love that radiates from the top down.  Love of self, love of person and love of purpose.  I enjoy being in the mix with our clients as they change and improve. It is the reason I exist and the current ‘juice’ of my life.

Another passion of mine is writing. My writing is featured in our curriculum as well as in “Inside Fitness” magazine, where I write on various topics ranging from conditioning and nutritional sciences to motivation and self actualization.

Success is a process and it happens on purpose. Faith, a plan and consistent follow through are the keys to uncommon and transformative results.  The reconnection between body, mind and spirit that occurs as a result of the Active Body Clinic program offers our clients a whole new world of freedom and power. With a healthy and fit vehicle, quality of life improves as do relationships, career and other general areas of life.  Most of the limiting beliefs and habits that people pick up are a result of unconscious conditioning. Once these patterns are brought into the light, they are easily replaced with empowering practices that move toward the client’s goals.

Generally people aren’t entirely lazy; they just lack proper conditioned habits. There is an easy way to replace bad habits with empowering ones if the client is committed to the initial uncomfortable conditioning period. I equate change to a rocket at take off. A rocket uses its boosters which account for over 80% of the weight and contain 80% of the energy or fuel needed for the mission. Most of the energy and demand comes in getting the rocket through the atmosphere with the earth’s heavy gravitational pull working against it. However, once the rocket reaches orbit, it cruises effortlessly making only minor adjustments along the way.

Bodies, muscles and mind are re-conditioned in the exact same ways. The old, harmful, unconscious way of doing things is sometimes painful to break and takes effort. The prize of enhanced energy, health and happiness is certainly worth the price of moving that body and breathing with vigour.
The power is in the doing.