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Meet Jerome Howard of Dynamic Performance Development

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jerome Howard.

Thanks for sharing your story with us Jerome. So, let’s start at the beginning and we can move on from there.
I was first introduced to sports at the age of six when I played for the Lauderhill Lions Little League football team. I would later attend Plantation high school, in Plantation, FL, where I faced the harsh reality of recognizing my skills (or lack thereof). Things that I got away with in optimist sports were no longer enough to slide by in this current level of competition. Many coaches and instructors would refer to myself as a head-scratcher – one of those guys the coach just throws into a line contemplating if I’d even be worth the time or investment of being invited out to future practices.

I made sure to enroll in many programs, camps, and clinics in hopes of improving my craft. Unfortunately, many of those were made for the genetically gifted, setting them up for success while the less gifted and late bloomers would leave feeling embarrassed, betrayed or misunderstood. If that wasn’t bad enough, parents/guardians also had to deal with basically being robbed blindly of their hard earned money.

There wasn’t a big focus on development in any programs that would meet the client where he/she was and help further develop their performance. I would gain my second experience during my tenure at Prairie View A & M University where the NCAA limits the amount of time student-athletes can interact with position coaches and strength & conditioning coaches. Collegiate coaches had systems in place to work with redshirt guys who would spend their entire freshman year developing their strength & skills, while others may focus more or less on other components of their craft. This was astounding to me while realizing my previous experience years prior in high school, and something I wanted to continue to introduce the world in my own regards.

I graduated in 2015 with a Bachelors of Science in human performance. I would relocate to Pittsburgh, PA in 2016 where Dynamic Performance Development was created. Our goal is to meet our clients where they are to develop their performance while creating the most DYNAMIC version of themselves. In just a few short years, I’ve been extremely fortunate to work with an array of clientele ranging from the general population, youth & collegiate athlete, and elite professional athletes.

Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
As with all, I’ve had my fair share of lessons. Many of those range from money wasted and pointless meetings to poor time mismanagement and instances where my kindness was taken for granted. It has and still is a daily faith walk asking God for wisdom, patience, and discernment in all things. One of my biggest struggles early on was realizing that someone else’s inability to see my vision or gift doesn’t devalue my worth. I believe often we can have an idea or concept we want to do yet we allow friends, family, or even our own self-doubt to delay things; or worse, never acting on them.

There will never be a perfect time, and you don’t have to be perfect to get started. However, when you take one step forward, you allow God (or whatever spiritual realm you believe in) to take two steps and so on. Another struggle was dealing with allowing people to bargain or negotiate with rates about services or products. I learned rather quickly that, usually, those type of people are headaches and aren’t worth the investment of your time in the long run. Not to mention, you devalue your hard work and efforts.

Please tell us about Dynamic Performance Development.
 In the health & fitness profession, there are tons of specialized options ranging from sports performance, boot camp, CrossFit, yoga, cycling, HIIT, and dozen’s more. However many of them fail to meet the client where they are in their current physical/mental level of performance. Here at Dynamic Performance Development, we take pride in meeting the client where he/she is to develop their performance while creating the most DYNAMIC version of themselves. For some clients that may be playing pro sports, or earning scholarships for others it may be eliminating/reducing pain and increasing quality of life. Many of our clients fall into the category of headscratchers and/or later bloomers. Option times when enrolled in previous programs they attest to being just a number, “a big fish in a small pond” and forced to fit into someones “system ” or methodology. Exercise is similar to medicine in the sense of one client go to exercise, or daily prescription can be another client’s allergic reaction or injury waiting to happen. Therefore, we must always question and revise things with the client best in mind. This usually converts to client buy-in and trust which then governs us a chance to develop the client’s performance with the goal of creating the most DYNAMIC version of themselves.

If you had to go back in time and start over, would you have done anything differently?
If I had to start over, I would have said “no” more often. I was very anxious to get potential clients to learn about services and in return, I wound up giving others too much voice in regards to how I should do things, The book essentialism does a great job of explaining “if you say yes to everything then what’s really important”. I have recently understood the value of less is more and that often saying “no” now usually sets up a greater “yes” in the near future.

Contact Info:

  • Website: www.traindynamicpd.com
  • Phone: 954-993-5034
  • Email: info.dynamicpd@gmail.com
  • Instagram: @Dynamic_pd
  • Facebook: @Dynamicpd
  • Twitter: @Dynamic_dpd

Image Credit:
Photo credit Karl Roser, Luis Alvarado, Ryan Hall, Reginald Thorpe “Cdsshots”.

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