Welcome to JC-Fit

          My name is Jonathan Coppenrath, better known as Jonny or JC, and I am the founder and pioneer of JC-Fit. I am an ACE Certified Personal Trainer and have been involved with fitness for just over 4 years. Throughout my middle school and early high school years, I was significantly overweight, lacked motivation, and often lacked the work ethic needed to break my poor habits. I was stuck in a cycle of hoping and assuming that occasional lifts for football and AAU basketball practices would be enough to keep me “healthy.” I was wrong. By the time schools and the rest of the world shut down early in 2020, like many others, I was trapped inside of a house with minimal equipment and no real idea of how to get or keep myself in shape. I felt lost and as though nothing I could find through hours of scrolling on the internet was enough to help me. After purchasing a workout plan online to give me some direction, I felt better but was still not satisfied with how generic the workouts seemed for having paid so much for it. I began diving into my own research and development of my own workout plans for myself. By the time school rolled back around and it was time to prepare for our spring football season (thank you COVID) I had dropped slightly over 50 pounds and was in the best shape of my life, or so I thought. Unfortunately in taking the risk of losing so much weight with no real direction of individual goals this already shortened season was cut even shorter when I dislocated my patella during our second game. It was a devastating setback to what had felt like a perfect stretch of almost one year, but it also gave me even more motivation to learn more about my own needs and perfect my training methods. I was essentially faced with the challenge of choosing a surgery that would end my senior football season before it started and potentially the ensuing basketball season, or to risk playing on a patella that had since popped out twice. As “challenging” as this choice was, I really did not even consider the first option as missing these two seasons of my senior year was not on the table in my mind. I put hours and literal days into self-rehabilitating my legs, hips, and core to prevent further injury. I also began to develop a better program that would suit my body and my needs in the best way possible. Fast forward to the end of my senior year. After completing a full length football and basketball season with no missed games or injuries for the first time in my life, it was more than just a great senior year that I was rewarded with. I understood that I now had a burning desire to share and expand my knowledge with others. I believe that nobody who wants to better themselves should feel alone or lost on their journey. I realized how eager I was to not only help others get in shape, but to help others create a new lifestyle that will allow them to live healthier, longer, and more importantly happier lives. I am endlessly enthusiastic and passionate about sharing my knowledge and dedication to improvement with others, and hope that I am lucky enough to play a part in your upcoming journey…