IUPUI Undergraduate
JORDAN THOMPSON
ABOUT ME
My name is Jordan Thompson and I am currently a Senior attending IUPUI. When I graduated high school I started working out with my friends and I enjoyed it so much I started researching workouts. I initially had no plans of going to college until I became very interested in fitness so I decided to work towards learning every aspect of fitness even the business side of it.
WHO HAS HAD AN IMPACT ON MY LIFE?
I have had multiple people in my life that have encouraged me to reach my goals and shape me into the person I am today. Some of the most influential mentors in my life have been my dad and my cousin. My dad has always maintained a positive attitude through everything he has been through in life and I aspire to have a similar mindset in my future career path. My cousin is also a mentor to me because he works in healthcare and displays the drive I strive to achieve in my own future endeavors.
WHY FITNESS MANAGEMENT?
I decided to major in fitness management at IUPUI because of my passion for fitness and health. My expectation is to open a gym where people can people can feel welcome and ready to push themselves in order to achieve their goals. By majoring in fitness management, I want to learn how to properly form and achieve my fitness goals. I additionally will gain insight into the processes that take place when one creates a business. In order for me to learn how to start and manage my own gym, I choose to focus my undergraduate degree on the major of fitness management.
MY CAREER GOALS
The ultimate goal for my career path is to open and manage my own gym. I have always had a passion for maintaining my health as well as caring about the health of others. I push myself by working hard to exceed my fitness goals to best support both my physical and mental health. Along my career path, I want to help people who want to get fit, but do not have the proper knowledge to know where to start. I love listening to people’s fitness goals and formulating a plan to help them not only achieve these goals, but exceed them. My hope is to acquire members for my gym who have similar passions in health and who are ready to work with me to push themselves to their limits. I will maintain a positive mindset every day and promote a healthy lifestyle to best serve my members.