Doing What I Want to Do with the Rest of My Life
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On February 1st, I started my third career.
My first career was as a member of the U.S. Navy, where I served as an enlisted sailor and as an officer for a total of 30 years. I started as a Recruit and retired a full Navy Captain in 2003, when I turned 60 years of age.
While I was serving as a Navy Reserve Officer, I pursued my second career in the business world.
I spent more than 30 years in the communications field, working for such companies as the New York Daily News, NBC-TV, MTV, Financial News Network (today CNBC), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, United Press International (UPI), The Weather Channel, The Learning Channel, and Eternal World Television Network (the Catholic channel). I held several executive positions in marketing, sales, and communications in these companies.
I started competing as a natural (drug-free) bodybuilder about four years ago and stepped onto a stage for the first time in 2005, at the age of 61. I have entered a total of 26 contests and am currently training for my fourth Pro show, the 2008 FAME World Championships in Toronto on June 14th.
During my time as a bodybuilder, I started a distance personal training business. I work with athletes around the U.S. and in a few other countries, providing ongoing training and diet assistance to aspiring competitors. As a Certified Personal Trainer, I also train athletes locally one-on-one as a part-time trainer (early mornings and weekends). This brings me to my third career.
On January 31st, I retired from my communications company as a vice president. After taking the weekend off to enjoy my retirement, on February 1st, I joined the YMCA as a Personal Trainer.
My new work clothes are sneakers and sweats. My new “office” has a weight room, tennis courts, swimming pool, track, tread mills, a sauna, deep tub, and steam room. How cool is that?
I have been working at the Y for about four weeks and already have 17 clients and nearly 200 hours of personal training time booked. Old Navy is in the house.
Scott “Old Navy” Hults
