Driven Performance Training

🚨NEW COACH ALERT!🚨

Hey Y’All, Welcome Dylan Rayner to the Driven Coaching Team!

Dylan worked as a personal trainer throughout his college experience earning his Bachelor’s degree in Exercise and Sports Science with a concentration in Pre-Rehabilitation from Texas State University. Dylan is a NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT), NASM Certified Nutrition Coach (CNC), and a USA Track & Field Level 1 Coach. His coaching philosophy blends evidence-based strength training, endurance development, injury prevention, and sustainable nutrition to help clients build a lifestyle they can maintain for years to come. Whether someone is preparing for their first race, looking to improve athletic performance, or simply wanting to move and feel better, Dylan believes fitness should enhance every aspect of life.

Alongside coaching, Dylan developed a passion for endurance sports and has competed in marathons, Ironman triathlons, and ultramarathons, including multiple 100- and 200-mile races. His own athletic journey has shaped the way he coaches, teaching him that meaningful progress comes from consistency, discipline, and a willingness to embrace challenges. Growing up playing sports and constantly pushing his limits, he learned that doing hard things builds character, and he strives to lead by example for every client he works with.

Outside of coaching, Dylan enjoys spending time with his dog, Rocket, who definitely lives up to his name. Dylan is a firm believer that ranch makes every meal better and rarely passes up an opportunity to take on a new challenge.

Welcome Dylan, we are so happy you are here! You can usually find him 6am-2pm M-F on the turf, come say hello!

Give a warm welcome to our newest Performance Specialist, Brett Lang! 👋

Brett joined the Driven team as a Performance Specialist in August with a B.S. in Kinesiology-Motor Behavior from Texas A&M University, is a Certified Personal Trainer and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and holds a Level 1 Performance Coaching certification through USA Weightlifting. Brett has gained experience from several different sources, starting off as a Personal Trainer at Gold’s Gym, then to private studio fitness in San Antonio, and D1 Training in Cedar Park, which mostly focused on middle and high school sports performance and development.

Brett was born in San Antonio, Texas and has bounced around different parts of Texas since then. When Brett isn’t in the facility, he enjoys playing basketball, watching soccer and cooking up tasty and healthy meals!

Come join us at Buford’s this Friday, June 23rd, from 3:00-5:00pm to “cheers” Chad on his next big opportunity in Tennessee! We are sure going to miss him but are so elated for his next chapter as he fulfills a lifelong dream of working with Green Berets and the 101st Airborne as a Director of Strength and Conditioning for the U.S. Army at Fort Campbell in Tennessee.

Chad, you have grown so much in the past couple years, you are a true fitness professional, an intricate learner and researcher, a motivating coach, and we are really going to miss your accompanying falsettos that reverberate off the Driven walls throughout the training day. You have certainly left an impact on each and every one of us. We wish you the very best as you continue to build upon your solid training career!

Please leave a comment below sharing a fun memory with, something you appreciate about, or best wishes for Chad below!⬇️

Intuitive Eating Principle #4 is Challenge the Food Police.

The Food Police acts as a diet monitor telling you you're "good" for eating minimal calories or "bad" for eating that sliver of brownie that sounded good. Food police thoughts are negative, hopeless, and guilt-provoking.

Challenging these thoughts and messages requires an ability to initiate process thinking that helps chase these thoughts away with practicality, experience and scientific basis.

Do you need support challenging the food police? Visit https://drivenaustin.com/nutritionandwellness or email Heidi at [email protected] for info about our Intuitive Eating course and individual Intuitive Eating and nutrition coaching sessions.

Principle #3 of Intuitive Eating is Make Peace with Food.

This means giving yourself unconditional permission to eat. That's right!👂When you tell yourself you can't or shouldn't have a particular food, it can lead to intense feelings of deprivation that lead to uncontrollable cravings and oftentimes, binging behaviors and overwhelming guilt. A decision is made to restart a form of stringent restriction and the cycle repeats itself until one feels they are out of control with food.

When deprivation is turned off, one can eat a variety of foods with satisfaction, no destructive psychological effects, and for many, more attuned management to portion sizes and food choices.

Are you ready to make peace with food? Visit https://drivenaustin.com/nutritionandwellness or email
[email protected] for info on our brand new Intuitive Eating course and customized individual Intuitive Eating and nutrition coaching sessions.

Intuitive Eating Principle #2 is Honor Your Hunger.

It means keeping your body biologically fed with adequate energy in order to avoid the triggering primal drive to overeat. When excessive hunger is met, intentions of moderate conscious eating are irrelevant. Learning to honor this first biological signal sets the stage for rebuilding trust with food and satisfying eating.

Interested in learning more about how to honor your hunger? Visit https://drivenaustin.com/nutritionandwellness or reach out to Heidi at [email protected] for info on our brand new Intuitive Eating course and nutrition coaching sessions.🍎

Interested in learning more about the Intuitive Eating approach and get your frequently asked questions answered?

Join us for a LIVE virtual introduction on Tuesday, September 20 from 12-1pm CST via Zoom. Email [email protected] to sign up.

You can also tune into .twellman ‘s Pursuit of Wholeness podcast, Episode 10: Intuitive Eating (Sally Twellman and Heidi Bohall).

Intuitive Eating Principle #1 is Reject the Diet Mentality.

Pervasive diet culture tells us that we should and can lose weight quickly, easily and permanently if only we ___. Because human perfection is unattainable, we inevitably "fail" to adhere to such stringencies when the new diet stops working, weight is gained back, and guilt is high. This foundational first principle allows us to reject false thought processes and approaches so that we can truly embrace what our body was built to do - to tell us when it is hungry, full, what it needs for optimal functioning, and enjoy in balance what we want. This need not mean that we toss out all evidence-based guidelines that have been shown to parallel important health markers, but to reject unsupportive dieting approaches and lingo that leave us worse off than where we began.

Are you ready to reject the diet mentality and rediscover this innate approach to food and movement? Visit https://drivenaustin.com/nutritionandwellness or reach out to Heidi at [email protected] for info on our brand new Intuitive Eating course and individual Intuitive Eating and nutrition coaching sessions!