Notes·October 28, 2026
You used to be an athlete. Getting the work back.
A college athlete who lost mobility does not need nostalgia. Amanda Cassidy on dedication, strength, and training in Lafayette.

A lot of people who walk in used to be good at this. College tennis. Club sports. A body that once did what it was told. Then came years of sitting, a job, a family, and food that never got tracked. The lightbulb is not 'I should get back to who I was.' It is 'I can do more than I think, and it will take dedication.'
Mobility does not return because you remember the sport. It returns because someone watches the lift, changes the plan when a knee has an opinion, and asks how the week actually went. Nostalgia is a poor program.
The work is still simple. Get stronger. Eat enough protein to support the training. Sleep. Keep a human in the loop so week three does not vanish. If the food and the lifting have been living in different houses, they need to be in one plan.
Amanda trains women and men in Lafayette and across the Acadiana area. Former athletes are welcome. So are people who never were. The standard is the same: show up, tell the truth about the week, and stay with it.
Amanda Cassidy, NASM certified personal trainer and nutritionist. Lafayette and the Acadiana area.
