ABOUT
I founded Optimum Performance and Fitness LLC from a dream I had a long time ago. I wanted to bring everyone together under one banner. I grew up around sports my entire life and had some amazing people influence me along the way. The message was always the same, “You are a part of something bigger than yourself” was echoed on every team. Throughout my sporting career I developed this desire to coach and help others achieve their dreams like so many had done for me. Growing up in Florida, I got to play sports year around learning life lessons on and off the field. With all those lessons I began to believe more and more that I was going to be a coach. Coaching then became my career. Now it is time to take my experiences and the vast worlds of fitness/CrossFit, sports performance, and tactical performance and bring it all together.
College was a new experience for me like it is many others. Fulfilling my dream of getting to play college football and baseball, I learned quickly that I was no longer going to be able to just play the game. Moving away from home (1,200 miles away to Western Illinois University) and experiencing the world on your own tends to throw you into the fire and you learn as you go. Collegiate sports were a way of life and a dedication to a craft that could potentially lead me on to bigger and better things. Throughout my college career I was introduced to the business side of sports and the life lessons that came with it. I quickly found myself learning life lessons that would eventually lead me to where I am today and the way I coach on a daily basis.
After playing Collegiate sports I moved on to get my Master’s Degree from Florida Atlantic University. This was my stepping stone into the strength and conditioning career field. It was the first time I was in an environment as a coach outside of being a student assistant at my ala mater and high school. It was the opportunity I needed to understand the level of coaching required for me to train athletes at the highest level. It also was the beginning of understanding the complexity of the knowledge needed to become a better person, technician, manager, leader, and now entrepreneur.
Ove the next 9 years I would spend my career as a strength and conditioning coach at all levels from the top High School in the country to Division I college athletics. I have to give credit to the places that gave me the opportunity to coach and impact players lives every day (Western Illinois University, Florida Atlantic University, Clemson University, IMG Academy, Florida Tech, Newberry College, Jacksonville University, Keiser University, Northwestern State University, Jacksonville State University, and currently the United States Air Force Special Warfare). During that time, I would gain as much knowledge as possible gaining certification after certification (CSCS, USAW, USATF, Crossfit-L1) but, the best knowledge came from living in the moment and seeing in real time what did and didn’t work. After 9 years coaching some of the best athletes in the country, I expanded my knowledge by stepping into the strength and conditioning world at tactical performance where now I train those that protect our country.
Tactical performance opened my mind up to a broader vision of strength and conditioning. It went from a specific goal to an open-ended goal. Sports have a predictable outcome and an overall consistency of what can happen in a game. Tactical performance opened my mind to being prepared for everything. A jack of all trades. It is time now to be prepared for everything even though you don’t know what is coming. There are many KPI (keep performance indicators) but, how do those relate to an environment that is dynamically changing with many unknown factors. This is where the evolution of my training has begun.
Optimum Performance & Fitness is the beginning of the dream I started a long time ago of bringing everyone together. It is a leading fitness company founded with the purpose of helping others optimize their inner champion. I want to helps others to reach their fullest potential through optimizing their physical and mental strength; by encompassing a holistic approach to well-being that includes nutrition, mental resilience, and functional fitness. Through expert guidance and unwavering support, I strive to create a community where every member can thrive, cultivating a lifelong commitment to being our very best.
Thank you for being a part of Optimum Performance and Fitness.
