{"id":241,"date":"2025-09-22T08:43:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/?p=241"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:43:50","slug":"from-engineer-to-gym-owner-in-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/from-engineer-to-gym-owner-in-two-years\/","title":{"rendered":"From Engineer to Gym Owner in Two Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"From Engineer to Gym Owner in Two Years\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_bPofD9Pie9s\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FbPofD9Pie9s%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bPofD9Pie9s\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT4M33S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2025-09-22T14:01:07Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_bPofD9Pie9s\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FbPofD9Pie9s%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">From Engineer to Gym Owner in Two Years<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/bPofD9Pie9s\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/library\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FbPofD9Pie9s%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"From Engineer to Gym Owner in Two Years\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"JD Shipley never felt as strong as someone his size should be, despite trying different approaches. After discovering Starting Strength and helping friends with their training, he realized during his daily commute that he wanted to help people get stronger full-time. He left his oil and gas engineering career to open Starting Strength Houston and later expanded to Katy. *Connect With* #startingstrengthgyms https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/startingstrengthgyms https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/startingstrengthgyms https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/starting-strength-gyms \ud83d\udd17 *Book your free 30-min session:* https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/free-session.html?utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_medium=video&amp;utm_campaign=ytreferral \ud83d\udd17 *Own a Gym:* https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/own-a-gym.html?utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_medium=video&amp;utm_campaign=ytreferral \ud83d\udd17 *Train at a gym:* https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/locations.html?utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_medium=video&amp;utm_campaign=ytreferral \ud83d\udd17 *Coach at a gym:* https:\/\/www.startingstrengthgyms.com\/become-a-coach.html?utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_medium=video&amp;utm_campaign=ytreferral \ud83d\udd17 *Shop for apparel:* https:\/\/store.startingstrengthgyms.com?utm_source=youtube&amp;utm_medium=video&amp;utm_campaign=ytreferral #startingstrengthgyms #startingstrength #strengthtraining #fitness\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px;\"><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>JD Shipley never felt as strong as someone his size should be, despite trying different approaches. After discovering Starting Strength and helping friends with their training, he realized during his daily commute that he wanted to help people get stronger full-time. He left his oil and gas engineering career to open Starting Strength Houston and later expanded to Katy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JD Shipley never felt as strong as someone his size should be, despite trying different approaches. After discovering Starting Strength and helping friends with their training, he realized during his daily commute that he wanted to help people get stronger full-time. 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