Meet Jamal and Jacory Greene of BeHealthConscious “Active Sports” in Decatur

Today we’d like to introduce you to Jamal and Jacory Greene.

Jamal and Jacory, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
As a Senior Health education major at Tennessee State University, I was given the assignment in my capstone course to create a nonprofit organization that helps people with a cause I was directly affected by. After losing my mother from complications of diabetes my junior year of college, I knew the direction that I wanted to go. I created a nonprofit by the name of BeHealthConsious organization and starting collaborating with health education experts all around Nashville to create health events to start educating people about nutrition, and educate athletes about eating correctly. After graduating I moved back to Atlanta and my brother Jacory Greene approached me with the idea of wanting to personal train and change my nonprofit to a corporation. His idea was pure brilliance as I was a current assistant football coach and Certified Health education & physical education teacher in the public school system of Georgia. With my sports background and his personal training background we merged the two where we like to call it “Personal Training meets sports training”. BeHealthConscious “Active Sports” was formed and he started personal training and I started doing sports performance training. We worked out of All-American Skating rink training on Sundays and Mondays for a year and decided to take a leap of faith and open our own gym in 2017. Let’s just say history is being made!

Great, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It hasn’t always been a smooth road. Starting out we would train in parks outside in the rain, heat, and cold. Many times we would cancel sessions because the elements were to extreme causing us to lose clients or even have clients that did not want to work out outside. So staying humble and trusting the process was a goal for us.

Alright – so let’s talk business. Tell us about BeHealthConscious “Active Sports” – what should we know?
BeHealthConscious “Active Sports” is a really diverse gym that offers personal training, Sports Performance Training, Group Fitness Classes, youth sports training, Indoor and outdoor Batting, chiropractic care and more. What sets us apart from most gyms is not only our wide variety of services but our genuine family friendly atmosphere. We take pride in getting to know our clients, their family and friends. We go the extra mile to make sure everyone that walks through our door member or not leaves knowing BeHealthConscious cares.

Is there a characteristic or quality that you feel is essential to success?
I am all smiles when I’m on the sidelines with a clipboard at hand. I love what I do, and I’ve been told many times that the love I have for the game can be seen as soon as I step on the field. Coaching is one of my favorite jobs, hobbies and passions. It is one of the few topics I can talk about without ever growing uninterested (sorry to those of you who have drifted off during one of these rants). I often seem to “bounce off the walls” with excitement as I talk about my love of coaching. Anytime a person asks me about my favorite thing to do, coaching is always the first thing that comes to my mind. To me, it’s not just a job or an experience, but a way of life. Coaching is my life. Coaching has had nothing but a positive impact on my life. It’s more than just a paycheck or “glorified babysitting.” It’s also more than just being the teacher or leader to the players. Coaching is about being that one person who has the ability to make a positive difference in a person’s life. I feel strongly that coaches do not, and should not, coach for themselves, but rather, for others; they should strive to show their players how to love the game. Like teaching, you have to get to know your players for who they are as people – their likes and dislikes, their goals and passions and their love for the game. Taking the time to get to know the players shows that I care about them and am only here to make them better, both on and off the field. The best part of coaching is not actually the act of coaching, but witnessing my team’s growth, both in their play and in personality. All of the teams I have coached and watched play their freshmen year through their senior year have grown into remarkable individuals. I have been fortunate enough to be able to see my first group of freshmen play at the varsity level and see how their level of play has increased. Coaching is so much more than blowing a whistle (there’s no need for one) or telling your players to get on the line because it’s time to run. Coaching is understanding the people you work with and encouraging them to be the best they can be, both on and off the court. As the founder and co-owner of BeHealthConscious, I will deliver that same passion and offer the best service to all.

Pricing:

• Open Gym membership Just $20/Month
• Group Fitness Classes Just $10
• Personal Training Services Starts at $120/month
• Kids Sunday Fitness Xplosion Just $5

Contact Info:

• Website: www.BeHealthConscious.org
• Phone: 18667450806
• Email: info@behealthconscious.org
• Instagram: @BeHealthConscious
• Facebook: Facebook.com/behealthconscious

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Memory loss is the single biggest fearfor Americans over the age of 55. And it’s understandable: over 4 million currently suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, and those numbers are expected to quadruple by 2050, according to the Alzheimer's Foundation. That may be why products promising to improve your brain function are flooding the market. Sudoku and crossword puzzles are said to improve memory association skills, though critics believe only when put to task by those puzzles. Ginkgo infused soft drinks line the grocery aisle, ever since the root was suggested to combat dementia (it doesn't). Even celery has been looselylinked to mental acuity. But the truth is there’s not enough hard evidence that any of these things really work.

In fact, there’s only one practice that’s been proven, without question, to preserve your memory: exercise. "Aerobic activities tend to show larger effects than non-aerobic activities," University of Pittsburgh psychologist Kirk Erickson tells Yahoo.

Working up a sweat helps your mind stay fit better than any crossword puzzle--unless you're doing that crossword on a treadmill.

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The good news is that you don’t need to run a marathon. Just walking six miles a week can ward off memory disorders caused by aging, according to Erickson's research published this month in the medical journalNeurology. "It appears that if people start exercising their memory may improve and if you continue to exercise, that might delay, or offset, the age-related decline in memory," he explains.

And you don't need to lift any heavy barbells either. Erickson and his team monitored 300 senior adults over a period of 13 years, and found that those who walked between 6 and 9 miles a week—whether to work or with the dog--had half the brain deterioration of those who didn’t. "Exercise seems to enhance some of the more fundamental properties of our brain," Erickson explains. "It increases the growth of new cells and improves cellular processes associated with learning and memory." To put it simply, walking keeps your gray matter from shrinking. And the more matter, the more mind.

Another study published earlier this year suggests exercise can actually help your brain grow. A moderate workout may generate new brain cells. And not just any brain cells, but cells that specifically help to distinguish between memories, so each recollection stands out. It’s the kind of function you rely on every day, says Tim Bussey, one of the authors of the Cambridge University study. "[These cells help with] remembering which car parking space you have used on two different days in the previous week." 

But exercise isn't the only way to keep tabs on your parking spot. There are some supplemental practices that doctors recommend in addition to a regular walk-a-thon. Diets rich in Omega fatty acids are instrumental in keeping your brain from aging. Two servings of salmon a week, provides ingredients that support brain tissue and enhance nerve cell function. Balancing fish with the other elements of a Mediterranean diet, like fruits and vegetables, has been found to lower the chances of cognitive decline. When it comes to memory retrieval, self-testing can be beneficial. In other words, pausing between paragraphs of an article and asking yourself to paraphrase the information, or repeat a fact. It can't hurt if that article is written in another language. Bilingualism, says one new study, helps ward off Alzheimer’s for up to four years. But it doesn't prevent the disease altogether. Your best bet: Walk it off. 

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