51. Fernando Beltran - Strength and Conditioning Coach on Teaming Up With Under Armour and Starting a Social Exercise Movement

In the 51st Episode of the Smokey Mirror Podcast I sat down with Coach Fernando Beltran. He's an experienced strength and conditioning coach and he recently moved down here from Chicago to coach at Florida Memorial University. He's since the school but he continues to coach collegiate athletes as well as the general public. He's my trainer and personal friend so I was eager to get to learn more about his background. Fernando credits his first high school strength and conditioning coach, for sparking his interest in fitness and training when he was 14. Soon, he took an interest in training and out of necessity, started training his teammates. He outlines his entire journey to becoming a collegiate coach.

There's 2 things that I was really curious about:

1. What was it like coaching at Florida Memorial University and how did you get there?

2. What was that community exercise event that you hosted in Chicago during Covid?

He's partnering with Under Armour to host another event in Chicago on May 7th which I will be attending! With everything he's trying to do with these events it was interesting to hear his inspiration and his vision. I'm really looking forward to seeing what he has in the future. If you're in the South Florida area and want to train with Fernando feel free to reach out to him on instagram @nado.av @reachpft