Meet the team

Fast forward 10 years, at age 22, I had created the number 1 strength and muscle gain system in all of Bally’s Total Fitness - a gym chain of 700 trainers and 250,000 members. 

The next 20 years of my career involved training champion bodybuilders, Navy Seals, professional athletes, famous entertainers and some of the best professional trainers & therapists! 

But my greatest satisfaction always came from building systems and teams for helping people in the second half of life fix their bodies while optimizing health & fitness.   

I always loved enabling people to feel the difference between “surviving” versus thriving so that they could enjoy defying the effects of age & live the best quality of life.

As a result of this love, when I was not teaching fitness, I spent my time conducting clinical studies for 20 years with one goal in mind:To discover a method of training that not only gets people all over the world fit, but also optimizes the inner workings of their body for an anti-aging and therapeutic fitness effect. 

With a team of physiology and biomechanics professors, I covered over a million test subjects to finally uncover this breakthrough method of training. 

And now, my greatest accomplishment is the development of our VIP Training System where my team of experts and I exclusively teach our unique fitness method to our valued VIP family - allowing them to prolong youth, health and vitality! 

I cannot wait for you to feel the powers of our VIP system for yourself. 

When I’m not at The Fitness Doctor HQ or working out, I enjoy playing outdoors with my dogs (Marley & Shadow), off-road racing, practicing jiu-jitsu and dragging Patricia on long hikes and mountain biking across the Arizona desert. 

Since all our training is held online, it’s my job to give you total peace of mind when it comes to all things technology.  

Because let’s face it, the online health and fitness space can be a busy and confusing place at times. But my goal is to make it so very simple for you.

 If you have any technical questions, I’m always on hand to assist you so that you can enjoy a seamless and amazing home workout experience. 

When I’m not glued to the computer, I love to travel! In fact, I’ve lived in 7 different countries: list them. And I met Robbie in Barcelona! 

Throughout high school and college, I was a wrestler, competitive weightlifter and bodybuilder.  

Having competed in local and national body building shows, exercise was a big part of my life.  Seeking a B.S. in Exercise Physiology just seemed like a natural stepping stone to physical therapy school.  

It was this point in my career that I worked as a personal trainer, strength coach and began to see how exercise can influence movement in a positive way.  

After graduating PT school from Northern Arizona University in 1997, I was blessed to obtain a job working along side some of the best in sports medicine rehabilitation in the spring training capital of the US, Phoenix, Arizona.

It was during this time that I began assessing high school athletes, college to professional Major League Baseball players as a part of pre-season physicals.

After assessing 1000’s of athletes year after year, I began to see trends in what we would see in pre-season physical examination, to injury trends throughout the season.  

After starting my own practice in  2000, my clinic quickly became the local hub for anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR) rehabilitation.  

It was during this time that I had over 22 ACL reconstructions (ACLR) come into my clinic in a 2 week period.  During this time, I began to see some common trends.  

One common trend I saw among young high school athletes to professional athletes was that the majority of these (>80%) were non-contact in orientation.

I knew from that moment on, this was my greater calling in life.  After receiving my doctorate in 2003, I have spent the last 18+ years investigating ways to assess movement patterns we know that put athletes at risk for injury.  

I have worked on both the clinical side and computer programming side with various technologies (video based, Kinect based and sensor based) to develop a way to accurately, efficiently and reliably assess human movement and improve that movement.  

I am honored to share with you
the results of those efforts, the ViPerform AMI (Athletic Movement Index) and our movement programs and our education.

Everyone who joins The Fitness Doctor VIP Family has their own unique story, unique background and unique set of goals which I find awesome. 

It’s my mission to ensure VIP’s get the best possible outcomes from their training so that they can achieve every single one of their goals.   

I do this by empowering them with the ability to better understand how their body is supposed to move, show them how to efficiently take care of themselves, and also help them alleviate any pain they may feel. This is super rewarding for me! 
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I now want to help you understand why something hurts. Guide you through the simple process of how to correct it.

And then teach you how to continue to care for yourself easily & efficiently because the key to wellness is “self management.”

Whether that’s preventing injury from occurring during your fitness journey, helping you overcome anything from small to big musculoskeletal issues, or just helping you avoid small niggles you may pick up along the way.Put simply, it’s my top priority for you to achieve vibrant health – safely, optimally and without pain. 

Because from my experience, this is what allows you to find great pleasure in exercise with the “therapeutic experience” that is totally unique to The Fitness Doctor. 

I’ve also served for 8 years as a physiologist to the Brazilian Navy.   

The military had difficulty getting enough men to pass the grueling assessment course for becoming a Brazilain “GRUMEC” (what you’d call a “Navy Seal” in the U.S.) 

On average, 1-2 out of 30 men would pass. But after working with the guys to prep them physically and mentally, this average skyrocketed to 12-14 men passing! With that being said… 

It’s now my goal to prep, strengthen and bulletproof your body for the second half of life!I’ll help you perfect your motor control and body alignment so that you see and feel the full benefits of our guided physical exercise system.

I can’t wait to work with you! 
When I’m not with The Fitness Doctor team, I love to relax with family, play sports and teach my toddler to play soccer.