Photo courtesy Brett Davis, Pretty Instant) The story about Jake Steinfield standing on the SUNY Cortland sideline as a lacrosse midfielder in the rain and hail has been told before. It was 1977 and Steinfeld, a midfielder out of Long Island, made it clear he was not comfortable in that weather, and that was the moment he realized that lacrosse may not be for him. So he left central New York and moved to Los Angeles. And that’s when and where he discovered what was for him: the world of fitness. His passion and determination led to personal training jobs to prepare actors for roles, which helped form the foundation for his Body By Jake empire. Exercise videos and television shows made him a household name and by this time, lacrosse was well behind him.