Located in Carlsbad, CA I am a nationally certified personal trainer with over ten years of experience. Extremely passionate, highly experienced, knowledgeable and a relentless student, I have dedicated my life to the enrichment and well-being of others. Your path to health isn’t going to be the same as everyone else’s and I recognize that. My mental preparation for each session is based upon the idea that each client will direct the session with their unique needs and abilities. Even day to day, my clients are capable of different things based upon many factors, including quality of diet, rest, other activities and exercise.

I started as an athlete at eight years old doing cross country running, by twelve years old I started Tae Kwon Do and began learning then what, little did I know, would be a deeply integral part of my life’s work. Among many other things, I utilize the teachings of breath derived from ancient martial arts. Deep breathing is essential in your daily life, and serves a significant role in safety when you are exerting yourself physically. I began endurance cycling at the age of 20, and learned how to work through hours of grinding through the elements, grueling hill climbs, and the feeling of freedom that comes from breaking down your own impossibility walls. My experiences on the bicycle, lead to helping others through charity bike rides and ultimately drove me to teach health professionally. I also practiced a western concept of weight lifting referred to as “bodybuilding”, focusing on muscle as opposed to movement. I rarely found I was benefiting appropriately or enjoying my bodybuilding practice, and soon decided to seek out kettlebell and functional movement masters. I found a practice that was more in sync with my history in martial arts and overall philosophy of movement, strength and posture.

I challenged myself to learn and directly experience the kettlebell, or Girya, with such detail and dedication that I would feel comfortable directing my own mentors without hesitation. I practiced every movement ten thousand times before teaching it once. I learned from people with varying views within the same teaching, so I could always observe every angle possible, as objectively as possible. I have now been using and teaching kettlebells, functional movement and calisthenics for over ten years, I’m still learning and more passionate about helping my community and the world than ever.

In addition to learning kettlebells and functional movement I learned in depth what could best be described as holistic nutrition. A natural and simple approach to eating right that doesn’t have to be a stressful diet but instead should be an enjoyable lifestyle. That said, I often find I make very significant changes in how my clients view and consume food, and as a result, they see significant changes. I don’t teach calorie counting, quality is infinitely more important than quantity, I will show you how to achieve health in a way you never thought possible with some very simple principles. My active social networking sites are a community of people that have, and are walking the same path, helping, encouraging and inspiring each other.

I have hosted several classes across the country on everything from pelvic floor function to cholesterol, eating right, and self myofascial release. My career as a personal trainer is more than just a job it is a passion. I encourage my clients to eat, move and be healthy the same way I live my own life, as one of my dearest mentors notes “You can’t give what you don’t have” Training with me will be a completely different experience than you have ever had with any other trainer.

I am certified by NASM , NCSF, TRX, APEX, hold an Olympic Tae Kwon Do red belt, and have CPR and first aid certifications. Moreover, I have become a pupil of many renowned masters, including Paul Chek, Pavel Tsatsouline, Valerie Fedorenko, Weston A Price and Albert Einstein. I continue to study relentlessly to uncover the most effective methods for achieving health, strength and alignment from numerous great minds.