About Carlton

•Blue Sky Strongbox Personal Training•

The Simple Mission: “Achieving the Ultimate Goal of Happiness through Healthiness”

Blue Sky Strongbox L.L.C. is a private workout facility owned and operated by Carlton Cullins. The facility is located in South Austin at 705 Orland Blvd. Austin, Texas 78745. (512) 569-7636.

Carlton Cullins is currently a Nationally Certified Personal Trainer through The American Council on Exercise (A.C.E.), The National Academy of Sports Medicine (N.A.S.M.) and The Hardstyle Kettlebell Certification (HKC). Previously held certifications were with The National Council on Strength and Fitness (N.C.S.F.), Apex Fitness Group and 24HourFitness. Carlton is also nationally certified through The American Academy of Sports Dietitians and Nutritionists (AASDN) as a Nutriton Specialist. Carlton is CPR and AED certified with the American Heart Association. He was a trainer at the 24HourFitness Lance Armstrong Sport Club in Austin Texas for 4 years when he started. He became a Master Trainer for 24HourFitness in 2005. Carlton was also chosen as one of Austin’s top trainers by Austin Fit Magazine for 2010, 2011 and 2012. In 2015 and 2016, Carlton was featured weekly on Austin’s Time Warner Active Now segment, now Spectrum Media.

Carlton has been working as a trainer for more than a decade and has worked with hundreds of clients through the years. He has over 30 years of personal fitness experience, with over a decade of that working professionally. He has worked with everyone from children and the elderly…to collegiate athletes and the handicapped… to everyone in between. Carlton has worked with many clients suffering from various health-related illnesses, conditions and injuries.

Overall, Carlton is most interested in helping others reach their goals of becoming healthier and ultimately (and most importantly), happier.

“If you’re not truly happy on the inside, then being “healthy” is just a relative term to describe an incomplete condition. Being healthy should also mean being happy with yourself. Because what good does it do anyone to be healthy and miserable. Life is too short. Strive to be happy and healthiness will follow.” – Carlton

•A Lil’ bout me, personally…
…overall, i’m just a simple person. A humble child of the universe,  living every day for my hopes & dreams. And each day, i’m just tryin’ to make as many, as i possibly can, come true…and all the while, live and exist honestly.  I suppose i should tell you a few more things ’bout myself, so that maybe you’ll begin to slightly understand where i’m comin’ from as another passenger in the world. I was born in Louisiana and raised in the smaller town of Tyler, in North East Texas.  I now reside in Austin, Texas, where i’ve been for well over 20 years.  I’ve always wanted to make people healthier & happier, so ultimately this lead me to becoming a Personal Trainer, among my many other pursuits & passions.  I now own my own company, the Blue Sky Strongbox, which formed in 2008.  I have many plans for the future, none of which are limited to any one particular area, idea or concept.  I’m also a musician and a songwriter, with music being my first love. I believe in happiness.  I believe in passion.  I believe in helping others and being kind. I also believe in people standing up for themselves and what they believe in. I believe in smiling, laughing, living and being honest.  I believe in being thankful for what I was given rather than worrying much about things I wasn’t. At the end of the day, i’m just trying to find some kind of balance with it all, while also mindfully working to leave the world a better place than i how i found it, using my head and my heart as my guide.

– carlton

On August 27, 2010 Carlton reached the summit of Africa’s tallest mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro. Mt. Kilimanjaro (19,340 ft. amsl) is also the highest free standing mountain in the world.

In 2011, Carlton released his first solo album, “Electro Ambient Soul: Drone Works in the Underground Vol. 1”. Available at http://www.carltoncullins.com. Also available on iTunes & Amazon.