episode 002 | Stephanie Welter with AC Cornejo

ProFitness

Stephanie Welter with Keller Williams Success Realty sits down with her personal trainer and owner of Absolute Custom Fitness in Lake County, AC Cornejo on this episode of the ProFitness Podcast.

Growing up in Rogers Park in Chicago, AC played sports but it wasn’t a huge part of his life. Surprisingly, his fitness journey began in his 20s when he suffered a near death experience at work falling 26 ft onto concrete. He was diagnosed with bipolar disorder after his brain injury, was put on a cocktail of medications, and was in the ICU for 10 days. He left the hospital at 140 lbs and quickly gained about 100 more from all the medicine.

After taking a boxing class at his cousin’s gym, AC had an epiphany.

“I woke up the next day and I was just like, you know what? This is enough. I’m not meant to live this way. God does not want me to live this way.”

From there, he joined a gym run by a professional bodybuilder who literally and figuratively showed him the ropes. Now, certified in both group fitness and personal training, he and his wife have a dream to open up a spiritual healing center with a physical fitness portion.

“ I'll be the one helping people preserve their God-given temples and my wife, with her specialties, she'll be doing the yoga there. She's also a life coach and a hypnotherapist.”

The two discuss how AC’s approach is holistic. It’s not only about getting fit and gaining muscle, as Stephanie puts it, “It’s more like, wow. I feel like my soul feels open.”

Tune in to this episode of the ProFitness Podcast and hear more about AC’s approach to holistic fitness, tips and tricks from a personal trainer who survived a traumatic brain injury, and more.