Growing up, we did everything athletic as a family. From snowboarding and dirt bike riding to surfing and football. I learned to live a fast life of seeking thrills and always looking for the next adventure. When I was 14, all those adventures were stripped away when my father was paralyzed in a dirt bike accident. Suddenly, all of the things I loved to do were out of reach for me when the person I did them with couldn’t do them anymore. I was crushed and my family was changed forever.

A year later, I stepped foot into a gym for the first time. I had found my refuge. A place where I could channel the anger I had from my father’s accident. Since then the gym has been my second home. I started competing in powerlifting when I was 19 and once again found another community of people to be a part of. The friends and mentors I met from the powerlifting community are still with me today. After many mistakes and a couple amazing coaches, I was able to grow into the lifter and coach I am today.

At that same time, I started personal training at my local gym while going to college. In truth, I had no intention of making a career out of fitness. It was a job that was flexible and I was good at while I went to college. But the further I got into it, the more I realized how much I loved it. After 3 years of training part time while going to school, I decided I needed to leave college to pursue this career full time.

That was the best decision I have ever made. I love my job and I know it shows. Now, at 30, I own my own gym filled with an amazing staff and awesome members. The community we have built is truly one of the coolest things I have ever experienced. I have also branched into online coaching as a way to help more people, allow myself the ability to spend time with my wife, and still pour into my clients.

I coach because I love it. I have experienced the benefits that being disciplined in your fitness gets you in life, business, marriage, and how you view yourself. I want to help other men feel the same way and live the life they have always wanted.