I came to Jacob as a weightlifter and I had warned him that I was a difficult athlete to work with. I am stubborn and I don’t always believe my coaches. When I started working with him, I wanted to build my strength up for weight lifting but actually quickly fell in love with the sport of powerlifting. He was and still is incredibly patient with me and more than just learning about strength and the actual lifts themselves, I have learned that progress takes time. I have learned to trust my coach and I have learned not to be so tough on myself. I can’t say that I would have learned that with any other coach! I think coach Jacob quickly learned that I have a very sensitive ego and when you have athletes like me we shut down really badly on rough training days. But his patience with how mean I was with myself has really given me the strength to look at bad training days and say it’s ok, it’s all part of the progress