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Full Disclosure:
In late 2015, after 10-years, I closed down my St. Paul based fitness storefront, MGayle Studio, to pursue an advanced degree, while focusing on outdoor related fitness & cultural/adventure travel.
Therefore, I've used marketing from MGayle Studio, to demonstrate some of my skill sets/character traits. In the next few months, my new website will be live.
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Michael Gayle, the founder of St. Paul based MGayle Outdoor Adventures, brings passion and enthusiasm to each of his endeavors, whether business or personal. He treats every waking moment as an opportunity to learn, contribute, and take action. This motivation is the driving force enabling him to not only reach his goals but also help others to achieve theirs.
Michael is a dedicated advocate of creating wellness through awareness. Through his own athletic achievements in outdoor survival/tracking, personal training, pilates, amateur boxing, kickboxing, martial arts, wrestling, Arctic/Antarctic sailing, paddling, mountaineering, and cross country/alpine skiing and cycling, he has continued to develop and expand his fitness expertise. He shares this knowledge with his clients as they strive to reach their goals.
He is a significant contributer to his business community and has been acknowledged for his participation. He received the 2009 Business Person of the Year Award from the Highland Business Association and St. Paul Sunrise Rotary and is a graduate of the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce (SPACC) 10-month Leadership Program. He has also been a two-time finalist for the Deubener Award from SPACC.
As a former United States Marine, Michael cultivated his own disciplined work ethic. His experiences in the military provide a strong foundation that has helped him successfully operate his former decade-long business in the health and fitness industry. He opened his first studio as he was becoming a highly sought-after personal trainer. The more he developed his outdoor and survival expertise, the more influential he became in outdoor adventures, triggering the start of MGayle Outdoor Adventures.
Michael doesn't sit still and wait for life; he experiences it. His loyalty, professionalism, hospitality, and expertise are unmatched. He is a catalyst for change, knowing that a deep emotional commitment is at the heart of achieving some of the most ambitious goals of his clients. His caring nature and ability to guide and motivate has produced life-changing shifts. To Michael, they are an investment in the larger community.
Michael is more than an extraordinary fitness educator. He has a track record of making things happen--for himself and his clients. Beyond physical goals, he helps people achieve mental and spiritual changes. This enduring resilience propels Michael forward towards whatever new adventure will appear next. While each day brings excitement and innovation, it also brings gratitude for his family, clients, coworkers, community, experiences, and opportunities.
The following are his achievements:
* 30 years outdoor experience
* 8 years outdoor leadership experience
* 20 years training experience (private, semiprivate, and group)
* B.S. Degree in Kinesiology, University of Minnesota
* A.C.S.M., Personal Fitness Trainer Certification
* Align Pilates Comprehensive 670-hour Certification
* Stott Pilates Mat and Reformer Certification
* U.S.M.C., Cold Weather Training, Camp Dawson, West Virginia
* U.S.M.C., Desert Survival Training, 29 Palms, CA
* N.O.L.S., Wilderness Outdoor First Responder Certification, Lander, WY.
* N.O.L.S., Winter Outdoor Educator, Teton Mts., WY
* Tom Brown Standard Tracking, Wilderness Survival and Awareness, Waretown, NJ
* Tom Brown Advanced Standard, Waretown, NJ
* Tom Brown Advanced Tracking and Awareness, Waretown, NJ
* Tom Brown Scout, Waretown, NJ
* ASA 101 Basic Keelboat Sailing Cert.
* ASA 103 Basic Coastal Cruising Sailing Cert.
* ASA 104 Bareboat Charter Sailing Cert.
Achievements on the Horizon:
* Orthopedic Physician Assistant, A.M.G.A. Tier 3 Mountaineering Guide and Polar Guide.
I'm passionate about creating and integrating a focused, streamlined and unique path to success for each of my clients. By utilizing my varied skillsets and decades of experience in multiple training modalities, my clients feel well cared for, engaged, confident, and fully committed to reaching their fitness goals. Whether the focus is post rehab, via strengthening, restorative movement biomechanics and neuromuscular repatterning; sport specific performance techniques/drills (indoors or out) by utilizing weight training, plyometrics, agility and/or pilates; weight loss/nutritional counseling, supplemental martial arts training, and/or year-round outdoor related adventure training (individual or group), there is a program tailored to meet your individual and specific needs, wants, and goals.
It is my fervent belief, that my clients have limitless growth opportunities. Therefore, training sessions with me are always informative, engaging, challenging, varied, and life-altering. Clients will continually expand upon their body awareness and the world around them, while drastically improving upon their respective fitness levels. Each session, clients will take away new skills and tools that will be practiced as homework, thereby, engrained within them for life.
